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Elwell Barnes

died September 19, 2001 · North Carolina

Elwell Barnes died in prison, after leaving North Carolina's death row, of natural causes on September 19, 2001, according to the department.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. North Carolina Department of Adult Correction recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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