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Dennis McCrory

39 years old · died March 10, 2019 · Kosciusko County Jail, Kosciusko County, Indiana

Dennis McCrory, 39, died in March 2019 while held at the Kosciusko County Jail in Indiana. Police said he became lethargic after another person held at the jail gave him drugs in a cell block, and an autopsy cited by police attributed his death to acute mixed drug intoxication. The sheriff's office said a criminal investigation followed, and prosecutors said the other person supplied the drugs.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Police say Dennis McCrory overdosed after a fellow inmate gave him drugs in a cell block, and prosecutors say another person held at the jail supplied the drugs.

Reported by: police news release and autopsy as cited by police; prosecutors.

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