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David Kirby

38 years old · died September 24, 2017 · Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Umatilla County, Oregon

David Kirby, 38, died on the evening of Sunday, September 24, 2017, at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton, where he was held. The Oregon Department of Corrections said staff found him unresponsive in his housing unit and that medics tried to save him, and KVAL reported he was pronounced dead at 9:14 p.m. The cause and manner of his death are still pending, and the Oregon State Police Criminal Investigation Division is investigating how he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Oregon Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Oregon State Police Criminal Investigation Division (outside investigators).

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