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Joseph Shafer

died May 30, 2022 · Polk Correctional Institution, Florida

Joseph Shafer died on May 30, 2022, while held at Polk Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural. The record gives no cause of death and no details of the circumstances.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the death as natural.

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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