Deaths in Custody
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Blane S. Schroeder

16 years old · died January 6, 1965 · Gila County Jail - Globe, Gila County, Arizona

Blane S. Schroeder, 16, died on January 6, 1965, while held at the Gila County Jail in Gila County, Arizona. A news report gives carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause of death. No account of his family or of how the poisoning happened has been found.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. A news report gives the cause of death as carbon monoxide poisoning, with no further detail on how the gas exposure occurred.

Reported by: news report.

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