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Andy Ortiz

25 years old · died October 30, 2025 · Erie County, Pennsylvania

Andy Ortiz, 25, died on October 30, 2025, in a state prison in Erie County, in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as homicide.

Reported by: Pennsylvania 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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