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Jason Rodriguez

46 years old · died April 5, 2016 · Columbia Correctional Institution, Florida

Jason Rodriguez, 46, was found dead in his cell at Columbia Correctional Institution in Florida on April 5, 2016. The Medical Examiner's Office in Jacksonville, in an autopsy report released in June, ruled the death a suicide from multiple drug toxicity involving two prescription medications, amlodipine and metformin. The reporting did not establish whether the prison had provided those medications to him. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said it was still investigating and did not suspect foul play.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Jacksonville Medical Examiner's autopsy ruled the death a suicide from multiple drug toxicity involving two prescription medications, and the Florida Department of Corrections recorded it as a suicide.

Reported by: Medical Examiner's Office in Jacksonville (medical examiner or coroner); Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Florida Department of Law Enforcement (outside investigators).

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