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Gabriel Adams

38 years old · died March 9, 2014 · San Carlos Correctional Facility, Pueblo County, Colorado

Gabriel Adams was 38 when he died at San Carlos Correctional Facility in Pueblo, Colorado, on March 9, 2014. Associates say he hanged himself in his cell. The Denver Post reported that he had earlier attempted suicide at another state prison, and that San Carlos holds some of the system's most seriously mentally ill people. State Representative Paul Rosenthal asked the Colorado prisons chief to review his death and the circumstances of other similar cases.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Associates say he hanged himself in his cell, and State Representative Paul Rosenthal asked the Colorado prisons chief to review his death and similar cases.

Reported by: associates.

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