Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Chris Jasper Montoya

53 years old · died November 5, 2021 · Wyoming Medical Center, Natrona County, Wyoming

Chris Jasper Montoya, 53, died on November 5, 2021, at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper while in the custody of the Wyoming Department of Corrections, according to the department. The department said an autopsy would be conducted to determine the cause of death. Montoya was the fourth person in Wyoming custody to die in a hospital in less than three weeks, according to the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Wyoming Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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