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Larry Joe Scott

68 years old · died April 15, 2022 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

Larry Joe Scott, 68, died on April 15, 2022, at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he was held in the custody of the state Department of Public Safety. He had been placed in state custody for safekeeping because of a medical condition, and he was moved to Central Prison on April 3, 2022, after hospital care. The Wake County sheriff and district attorney announced his death in a joint statement that did not describe the circumstances of his death or a possible cause.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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