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Ira Einhorn

80 years old · died April 3, 2020 · SCI Laurel Highlands, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Ira Einhorn died early on April 3, 2020, at SCI-Laurel Highlands, a state prison in Somerset County in western Pennsylvania, where he was in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Susan McNaughton said he died of natural causes and that the death was not related to COVID-19. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as natural causes.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Department of Corrections spokeswoman Susan McNaughton said he died of natural causes, not related to COVID-19.

Reported by: Susan McNaughton, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokeswoman (the agency that held him); Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (outside investigators).

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