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Died in prison

Jacob Buckius

died March 4, 2019 · Sumter Correctional Institution, Florida

Jacob Buckius died on March 4, 2019, while held at Sumter Correctional Institution, a state prison in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as suicide. The available record gives no further details about his circumstances, and no family or independent accounts were found to address how the death happened or what care he received before it.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

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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