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Derrick Felder

died July 8, 2019 · Johnson State Prison, Johnson County, Georgia

Derrick Felder died on July 8, 2019, while held at Johnson State Prison in Wrightsville, Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections said he was found unresponsive in his cell. The department is investigating the death as an apparent suicide. The coroner pronounced him dead about an hour and a half later.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Georgia Department of Corrections says Derrick Felder died by apparent suicide after he was found unresponsive in his cell.

Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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