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Frank Lee Apodaca

66 years old · died November 3, 2021 · Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution, Goshen County, Wyoming

Frank Lee Apodaca, 66, was a native of Fort Collins, Colorado. He died on November 3, 2021, at Community Hospital in Torrington while held at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution. The Goshen County coroner, Darin Yates, ruled his death natural after performing the autopsy. The corrections department and the coroner did not share a specific cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Goshen County coroner, Darin Yates, ruled the death natural.

Reported by: Goshen County coroner Darin Yates (medical examiner or coroner).

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