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Joseph Melbert

55 years old · died January 15, 2025 · Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

Joseph Melbert died in custody in Evangeline Parish on January 15, 2025, according to records compiled by Incarceration Transparency.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Incarceration Transparency recorded the manner of death as natural.

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

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