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Alexander Mecklin

30 years old · died January 23, 2018 · Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino, Clearwater County, Idaho

Alexander Mecklin, 30, collapsed in the weight room while held at the Idaho Correctional Institute in Orofino, Clearwater County, Idaho, on January 23, 2018, and died a short time later at Clearwater Valley Hospital. The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that an undiagnosed hereditary heart condition caused the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office said an undiagnosed hereditary heart condition caused his death.

Reported by: Clearwater County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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