Deaths in Custody
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John Lau

43 years old · died September 8, 2023 · Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

John Lau, 43, died on September 8, 2023, in Philadelphia County, in the custody of the Philadelphia Police Department. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as accident.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. Philadelphia Police Department recorded the manner of death as accident.

Reported by: Philadelphia Police Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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