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Horace J. Bettis

died August 26, 2013 · South Florida Reception Center, Florida

Horace J. Bettis died on August 26, 2013, while held at South Florida Reception Center, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections classified the manner of death as natural. The department has not described a cause of death in the available record.

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 them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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