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Alan Jay Petit

died May 17, 2011 · Perry Correctional Institution, Greenville County, South Carolina

Alan Jay Petit died in the custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections at Perry Correctional Institution on May 17, 2011, according to records compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. South Carolina Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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