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Dana Peterson

72 years old · died April 27, 2020 · Blackwater River Correctional Facility, Santa Rosa County, Florida

Dana Peterson, 72, died on April 27, 2020, at Santa Rosa Medical Center after being held at the Blackwater Correctional Facility, a Florida state prison in Milton. The Office of the District Medical Examiner listed COVID-19 as the cause of death and identified it as the fifth COVID-19 death at the facility. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Office of the District Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held them).

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