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Joseph Hollar

48 years old · died July 18, 2018 · New Hanover Correctional Center, New Hanover County, North Carolina

Joseph Hollar, 48, was held at New Hanover Correctional Center in New Hanover County, North Carolina. On the morning of July 18, 2018, he was found unresponsive in a bathroom at the prison, and emergency responders declared him dead shortly after. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety described his death as an apparent suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety describes the death as an apparent suicide.

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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