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Kenneth Manzanares

43 years old · died July 14, 2021 · Lemon Creek Correctional Center, City and Borough of Juneau County, Alaska

Kenneth Manzanares, 43, died on July 14, 2021, at Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau, Alaska, where he had been held in state custody only weeks after beginning a prison sentence. Corrections officials said he was found unresponsive in his cell early that Wednesday morning and was pronounced dead after emergency responders arrived. Officials said foul play was not suspected and that COVID-19 was not a factor, but did not disclose a cause of death. The Alaska State Troopers and the state medical examiner's office are reviewing the circumstances, and the manner of death is pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Alaska 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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