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Eddie Faulkner

53 years old · died April 17, 2023 · Vista Detention Facility, San Diego County, California

Eddie Faulkner, 53, died on April 17, 2023, while held at the Vista Detention Facility in Vista, San Diego County, California. The San Diego County Sheriff's Department said he was found unconscious in his cell. Its account is that the sheriff's Lt. Joseph Jarjura and others attributed his death to accidental intoxication from fentanyl, gabapentin and trazodone, with hypertensive and atherosclerotic heart disease as a contributing factor.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Sheriff's Lt. Joseph Jarjura said accidental intoxication from fentanyl, gabapentin and trazodone killed him, with heart disease contributing.

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

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