BURLINGTON, VT — The Vermont State Police is investigating the death of a man who was in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections.
DOC staff notified VSP at about 12:10 p.m. Friday that Jose Gonzalez, 51, of Connecticut, who had been incarcerated at the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility in Rutland, had died earlier in the day at the University of Vermont Medical Center.
Per standard protocol, a detective from the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations was assigned to the case and began a death investigation.
The state police learned that Gonzalez initially was hospitalized for treatment of a health issue Feb. 27, 2026, at Rutland Regional Medical Center and transferred March 1, 2026, to UVMMC.
He continued to receive care at the hospital until his death Friday.
The death does not appear to be suspicious.
An autopsy will be performed at the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington to determine the cause and manner of death.
According to Department of Corrections records, Gonzalez had been incarcerated since November 2025.
