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Andrew Cline

27 years old · died March 26, 2017 · King County Correctional Facility, King County, Washington

Andrew Cline, 27, was held at the King County Jail in downtown Seattle and taken to Harborview Medical Center on Feb. 28. He died at the hospital on March 26, 2017, after about a month there. The King County Medical Examiner's Office attributed his death to natural causes related to chronic methamphetamine use. The county's Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention and Public Health said it would conduct an internal investigation, and the Seattle Police Department said it would perform an independent review.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The King County Medical Examiner's Office attributed his death to natural causes related to chronic methamphetamine use.

Reported by: King County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).

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