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Joel Stearns

died March 10, 2016 · Moore Haven Correctional Facility, Florida

Joel Stearns died on March 10, 2016, while held at Moore Haven Correctional Facility, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the official mortality record, classified the manner of death as natural. The record gives no cause of death and nothing about his age or family.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida 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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