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James Watson

53 years old · died February 10, 2016 · Augusta State Medical Prison, Columbia County, Georgia

James Lamar Watson, Jr. was a locksmith from Fayetteville who operated his own business. He died on February 10, 2016, while held at Augusta State Medical Prison, a Georgia Department of Corrections facility. The Department withheld the cause of death. Media reports said his health had been declining for many months before he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Georgia 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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