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Jeffrey Link

51 years old · died September 19, 2019 · Bridgewater State Hospital, Massachusetts

According to the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, Jeffrey Link, of Fall River, was found unresponsive in his locked cell at Bridgewater State Hospital in the early hours of September 19, 2019. He was taken to Morton Hospital in Taunton, where he was pronounced dead. The office said his apparent overdose was caused by drugs supplied by another patient, who was indicted in February 2020.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Plymouth County District Attorney's Office says Link died of an apparent overdose from drugs supplied by another patient.

Reported by: Plymouth County District Attorney's Office (outside investigators).

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