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Christopher Scroggins

23 years old · died June 2022 · South Central Correctional Center, Texas County, Missouri

Christopher Scroggins, 23, died in June 2022 while held at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri. According to coroner's records obtained by the family's attorney, he died of a fentanyl overdose. The Department of Corrections listed his manner of death as unknown. His family sought basic answers about how he died and turned to an attorney to obtain those records.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed). The coroner's records, as reported by the family's attorney, show a fentanyl overdose, while the Department of Corrections listed the manner of death as unknown.

Reported by: coroner's records, as reported by the family's attorney (medical examiner or coroner); Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).

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