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Kevin Byler

48 years old · died March 14, 2025 · State Correctional Institution Rockview, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Kevin Byler was a native of Perry County, Pennsylvania. He died on March 14, 2025, at SCI Rockview in Centre County, a state prison run by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, after he was found unresponsive in his cell that evening and pronounced dead at about 7:49 p.m. State police are investigating, and the coroner will determine the cause of death. The Department of Corrections has reported his death as a suicide, a finding that is not yet established pending the coroner's determination.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections lists the manner of death as suicide in a report to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, while an earlier account said the coroner would determine the cause.

Reported by: Pennsylvania 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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