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Dan A. Shelton

53 years old · died October 25, 2018 · Tucker Unit, Jefferson County, Arkansas

Dan A. Shelton, 53, died on October 25, 2018, while held at the Tucker Unit prison in Tucker, Arkansas. The Arkansas Department of Correction said he was found unresponsive in his cell early that Thursday morning, and that emergency personnel treated him before he was pronounced dead. The department and the Arkansas State Police are investigating the death, and the department has not given a cause or manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Arkansas Department of Correction (the agency that held him); Arkansas State Police (outside investigators).

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