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Ferdnando Carr

29 years old · died November 13, 2023 · Cobb County Adult Detention Center, Cobb County, Georgia

Ferdnando Carr, 29, was held at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center in Georgia in early November 2023. According to news reports, he told officials he was having chest pains in the recreation yard and was taken to the infirmary. He then began seizing and died at Kennestone Hospital. Officials said he had a documented heart condition.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Cobb County officials said he had a documented heart condition, and he reportedly told staff he had chest pains in the recreation yard before he began seizing in the infirmary.

Reported by: Cobb County officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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