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Hershel Smith

died December 20, 2023 · Hamilton Correctional Institution Annex, Florida

Hershel Smith died on December 20, 2023, while held at Hamilton Annex, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections classified the manner of death as natural. The record gives no further information about his life or the circumstances of his death, and no other account of it has been found.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the death as natural.

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

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