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Joseph Lee Fultz

52 years old · died February 7, 2021 · Federal Correctional Institution Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

Joseph Lee Fultz, 52, was held at the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he died on February 7, 2021. He had tested positive for COVID-19 four days after being transferred to the facility. The Tribune-Star reported that he was found unresponsive in his cell on a Sunday. His death was the sixth reported at the federal corrections complex in Vigo County.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The death is attributed to COVID-19, but no source in the record reports how the official account was given or disputed.

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