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James H. Williams Sr.

72 years old · died September 26, 2011 · Reception and Medical Center, Missouri

James H. Williams Sr., 72, was held at the Potosi Correctional Center, a Missouri state prison, when he died there on September 11, 2011. Warden Troy Steele said he had a heart condition and was in hospice care in the prison infirmary. Steele said Williams was pronounced dead at 7:50 a.m. that Sunday and that the death was from apparent natural causes.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Warden Troy Steele said he had a heart condition and died of apparent natural causes while in hospice care in the prison infirmary.

Reported by: Troy Steele, warden of the Potosi Correctional Center (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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