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Craig Pennington

56 years old · died December 28, 2020 · Marion County Detention Center, Marion County, Kentucky

Craig Pennington, 56, was held at the Marion County Detention Center in Lebanon, Kentucky, while awaiting trial. He was hospitalized on December 11, 2020, with shortness of breath, and tested positive for COVID-19 while in the hospital. He died at Norton Healthcare in Louisville on December 28, 2020. Irvin Mann, chief of security for the detention center, attributed his death to complications from COVID-19.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Irvin Mann, chief of security for the Marion County Detention Center, said he died of COVID-19 complications.

Reported by: Marion County Detention Center (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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