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Justin Stokes

died February 21, 2018 · Ware State Prison, Waycross, Georgia

Justin Stokes died on February 21, 2018, while held at Ware State Prison in Waycross, Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections said he died by apparent suicide. Correctional officers found him unresponsive in his cell, and prison medical staff tried to revive him before a facility physician pronounced him dead. The department said the death is being investigated as standard procedure.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Georgia Department of Corrections describes the death as an apparent suicide and says it is investigating under standard procedure.

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

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