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Harry Smith

46 years old · died September 24, 2018 · Aiken County Detention Center, Aiken County, South Carolina

Harry Smith, 46, of Blythe, Georgia, died at the Aiken County Detention Center in Aiken, South Carolina, on September 24, 2018. Officials said he was found unresponsive in his cell early that Monday morning and that there were no injuries or indications of trauma. Officials said the cause and manner of his death had not been determined and that an autopsy was scheduled for the following day. The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Officials said there were no injuries or indications of trauma, and the cause and manner of death had not been determined pending autopsy and a State Law Enforcement Division investigation.

Reported by: Aiken County Detention Center officials (the agency that held him); State Law Enforcement Division (outside investigators).

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