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Larry Jerome Rainey

51 years old · died November 13, 2017 · Lee Correctional Institution, Lee County, South Carolina

Larry Jerome Rainey, 51, died on November 13, 2017, while held at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina. Jeffrey Taillon, director of information services for the South Carolina Department of Corrections, said Mr. Rainey was fatally stabbed in an altercation with another person held at the prison. The department said it is investigating the death, and the circumstances leading up to it have not been made public.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said Rainey was fatally stabbed by another inmate during an altercation at Lee Correctional Institution.

Reported by: South Carolina 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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