×

Tennessee death row inmate dies of 'apparent natural causes'

Oct 2, 2020 | 5:00 AM

State officials say a death row inmate in Tennessee has died of "apparent natural causes." On Thursday, the state Department of Correction announced that 50-year-old Marlon Kiser was pronounced dead Wednesday night at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. The department says Kiser’s cause of death is pending determination by the medical examiner. Kiser was sentenced to death in the 2001 deadly shooting of Hamilton County Sheriff?s Deputy Donald Kenneth Bond Jr. in Chattanooga.