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Christopher Potts

25 years old · died March 14, 2020 · Tucker Unit, Arkansas

Christopher Potts, 25, died on March 14, 2020, while held at the Tucker Unit prison in Arkansas. The Arkansas Department of Correction said he was found hanging from a vent in his cell and that he was pronounced dead at the unit's infirmary. The department classified the death as an apparent suicide, and his body was sent to the medical examiner. Arkansas State Police are investigating the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Arkansas Department of Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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