Died in prison

Arturo Amezquita

28 years old · died March 5, 2015 · Pontiac Correctional Center, Livingston County, Illinois

Arturo Amezquita died in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections at Pontiac Correctional Center on March 5, 2015, according to records compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Illinois Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as suicide.

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.

Source

Illinois Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody

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