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Kenneth Locklear

55 years old · died April 18, 2025 · Robeson County Jail, Robeson County, North Carolina

Kenneth Locklear, 55, died at the Robeson County Detention Center in North Carolina early on April 18, 2025. The Robeson County Sheriff's Office said that in the early morning hours of April 18 it was alerted to a reported medical emergency involving him. The sheriff's office has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to conduct an independent investigation, and an autopsy has been scheduled, so the cause and manner of death have not been determined.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Robeson County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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