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George Dobbs

53 years old · died November 26, 2022 · Lansing Correctional Facility, Leavenworth County, Kansas

George Dobbs, 53, died on November 26, 2022, at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Lansing, Kansas. The Kansas Department of Corrections said he had been under observation in the facility's infirmary and that medical staff pronounced him dead despite life-saving measures. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the department are investigating the death, which the department described as standard protocol.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Kansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Kansas State Penitentiary (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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