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Edwin Brazil

40 years old · died June 22, 2021 · Bullock Correctional Facility, Bullock County, Alabama

Edwin Brazil, 40, was held at Bullock Correctional Facility in Alabama when, the Alabama Department of Corrections said, he was injured in an apparent assault by another person held there on June 13, 2021. He died at a hospital on June 22 from those injuries. The department confirmed the death and said its Law Enforcement Services Division is investigating; no charges had been announced when the report was published.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Alabama Department of Corrections says Brazil died of injuries from an apparent assault by another inmate, and its Law Enforcement Services Division is investigating.

Reported by: Alabama 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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