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Carlos McGrew

42 years old · died July 19, 2022 · Louisiana State Penitentiary, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Carlos McGrew, 42, died on July 19, 2022, at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, where he was held in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Department of Corrections spokesman Ken Pastorick said he died after a fight with another person early that Tuesday morning and that authorities were investigating. WBRZ reported that correctional officers making rounds found the men fighting at Camp C, and the department says one man allegedly killed the other. The department's yearly death data lists the death as a homicide based on the autopsy report, and the motive for the fight was not immediately disclosed.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Department of Corrections says another inmate killed him during a fight, and the autopsy-based determination is homicide.

Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him); Department of Corrections spokesman Ken Pastorick (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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