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Deondre P. Brown

27 years old · died February 2, 2018 · Gulf Correctional Institution, Gulf County, Florida

Deondre Brown died on February 2, 2018, while held at Gulf Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison in Wewahitchka. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as homicide. According to the Panama City News Herald, he was pronounced dead after an altercation with another person held at the prison, and the Medical Examiner's Office determined he was stabbed. The department's Inspector General and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are investigating, and the department has released few details, citing the active investigation and medical privacy rules.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Florida Department of Corrections and the Medical Examiner's Office say he died of a stabbing in an altercation with another inmate at Gulf Correctional Institution.

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Florida Department of Corrections Inspector General (outside investigators); Florida Department of Law Enforcement (outside investigators).

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