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John Layton Stokes

56 years old · died March 27, 2017 · High Desert State Prison, Clark County, Nevada

John Layton Stokes died on March 27, 2017, at High Desert State Prison, in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. John Layton Stokes was 56 years old. The department's list does not give a cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Nevada 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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