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Christopher X. Trice

38 years old · died October 25, 2026 · Ridgeland Correctional Institution, Jasper County, South Carolina

Christopher Trice, 38, died on October 25, 2026, at Ridgeland Correctional Institution in Jasper County, South Carolina, where he was in the custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The department said he was found unresponsive in his cell the day before, and that his death is being investigated as a suspected suicide. No cause of death had been announced, and an autopsy was scheduled. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the Jasper County Coroner's Office and the department's inspector general are investigating his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The South Carolina Department of Corrections says his death is being investigated as a suspected suicide, and no cause has been announced.

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

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