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Barbara Gawronski

47 years old · died March 2, 2011 · Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Washtenaw County, Michigan

Barbara Gawronski, 47, died on March 2, 2011, while held at the Huron Valley prison for women in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Michigan prisons spokesman Russ Marlan said she was found hanging from the back door of her cell and that the death appears to be a suicide, which is under investigation. Her cellmate was not in the cell at the time, according to CBS News.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Michigan prisons spokesman Russ Marlan said she was found hanging from her cell door and the death was an apparent suicide under investigation.

Reported by: Michigan Department of Corrections (Russ Marlan, spokesman) (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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