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James Rugar

43 years old · died January 11, 2017 · State Correctional Institution Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

James Rugar died in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections at SCI Huntingdon on January 11, 2017, according to records compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as suicide.

Reported by: Pennsylvania 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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