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Kenneth Pettit

45 years old · died October 6, 2021 · Chester County Prison, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Kenneth Pettit, 45, died on October 6, 2021, at Chester County Prison in Chester County. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Chester County Prison recorded the manner of death as suicide.

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

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