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Dwaine Craig Hinton

42 years old · died March 2024 · Franklin County Jail, Franklin County, Virginia

Dwaine Craig Hinton, 42, died in March 2024 at a local hospital after a medical emergency shortly after he was taken into custody at the Franklin County Jail in Virginia. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said the medical emergency was unknown in cause. The Virginia State Police were asked to conduct an independent investigation, and an autopsy was ordered. The cause and manner of his death remain pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said he had an unknown medical emergency at the jail and died at a hospital, and an autopsy was ordered to determine the cause.

Reported by: Franklin County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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