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Carlos Don Stultz

78 years old · died June 24, 2021 · Michael State Prison, Anderson County, Texas

Carlos Don Stultz, 78, died on June 24, 2021, while held in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The Texas Attorney General's custodial death report lists the Michael Unit Hospice Center in Anderson County as the place of death, while a KWTX report places him at a prison in Tennessee Colony, where he had been held since 1969. Before his death he had asked for medical parole, saying he was dying and wanted a last taste of freedom. The Limestone County Attorney said he died of natural causes.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Limestone County Attorney Roy DeFriend said Stultz died of natural causes.

Reported by: Limestone County Attorney Roy DeFriend; Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report (the agency that held him).

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