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Bennie James Riser Jr.

43 years old · died April 13, 2016 · Tyger River Correctional Institution, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Bennie James Riser Jr. died in custody at Tyger River Correctional Institution on April 13, 2016, according to records compiled by Incarceration Transparency.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Incarceration Transparency recorded the manner of death as overdose.

Reported by: Incarceration Transparency (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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