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Frank Salvadore Compton

53 years old · died February 20, 2019 · Baxter County Jail, Baxter County, Arkansas

Frank Salvadore Compton, 53, of Harrison, died on February 20, 2019, while held at the Baxter County Detention Center in Baxter County, Arkansas. Sheriff John Montgomery said he was found unresponsive in his cell. Earlier that day he had been taken to a hospital and released. The cause of death is not yet known; his body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy, and the Arkansas State Police said they would investigate.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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