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Joseph Choate

43 years old · died September 9, 2025 · Greene County Jail, Greene County, Missouri

Joseph Choate, 43, died on September 9, 2025, at the Greene County jail in Missouri, where he was being held. According to a Greene County Sheriff's Office news release, a detention officer found him unresponsive in his cell during a security round, and staff gave him medical aid, including CPR, before CoxHealth EMS arrived. He was pronounced dead at 3:21 p.m. The sheriff's office has not announced a cause or manner of death, and the medical examiner's autopsy and the sheriff's investigation were pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Greene County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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