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James Edward Williams

53 years old · died December 11, 2015 · Central Prison, North Carolina

James Edward Williams was 53 when he died on December 11, 2015. He was in the custody of Central Prison in North Carolina and had been hospitalized inside the prison for several weeks before his death, the State Department of Public Safety said. The department said he died of natural causes.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the agency that held him); State Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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