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Brandon Campbell

32 years old · died May 31, 2021 · Pender Correctional Institution, Pender County, North Carolina

Brandon Campbell, 32, died on May 31, 2021, in his locked cell at Pender Correctional Institution in Burgaw, North Carolina, where he was held. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital about 12:20 a.m. that Monday, shortly after midnight. John Bull, a prison communications officer for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, said officials describe the death as an apparent suicide. The department said the cause of death is unknown and is under investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. John Bull, a prison communications officer for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, described the death as an apparent suicide, while the state said the cause remains under investigation.

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

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