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Christopher

died October 2023 · South Central Correctional Center, Texas County, Missouri

Christopher was the husband of Tanekka Guest. He died in October 2023 at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, a state prison. Guest said the warden first told her he had died in his sleep, and that prison officials gave no further details. The county coroner later told her that Christopher, after a period of suicidal ideation, died of a fentanyl overdose. Guest said she struggled for weeks to learn what had happened.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed). The county coroner told his widow, Tanekka Guest, that he overdosed on fentanyl after a period of suicidal ideation, while the warden first told her he died in his sleep.

Reported by: county coroner; South Central Correctional Center warden (the agency that held him).

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