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Alberto Cortez

56 years old · died September 6, 2011 · Northern Nevada Correctional Center, Carson City County, Nevada

Alberto Cortez died on September 6, 2011, at Northern Nevada Correctional Center, in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Alberto Cortez was 56 years old. The department's list does not give a cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Nevada 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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