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Angel Garcia

33 years old · died December 12, 2013 · Stateville Correctional Center, Will County, Illinois

Angel Garcia, 33, died on December 12, 2013, after falling from the fifth floor of cell house C at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections. He had returned shortly before from an hour-long visit with his girlfriend. He was taken to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, where he was pronounced dead. The department said he was not considered despondent and was not on suicide watch, and it said it was still gathering information about how he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Illinois Department of Corrections says Garcia jumped from the fifth floor of cell house C, that he was not considered despondent or on suicide watch, and that it is still gathering information about the death.

Reported by: Illinois 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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