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Lamorris Rivers

33 years old · died June 9, 2021 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

Lamorris Rivers, 33, died on June 9, 2021, at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, less than a week after he was admitted there. The Department of Public Safety said the death appears to be a suicide, and that the department is investigating it along with an outside review. Rivers was found unresponsive in his cell in the afternoon and was pronounced dead shortly after 5 p.m.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Department of Public Safety says the death appears to be a suicide and is investigating with an outside review.

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him); outside review.

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