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Boyd Sellers

21 years old · died October 8, 2024 · Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina

Boyd Sellers, 21, was held at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, when he died on October 8, 2024. The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction said he was found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead a short time later, and that the death was a suspected suicide. The department said it delayed announcing the death until his family had been notified.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction said the death was a suspected suicide.

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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