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Larry Paul Cork Jr.

41 years old · died July 12, 2022 · Correctional Treatment Facility, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia

Larry Paul Cork Jr., a 41-year-old Black man, died on July 12, 2022, at the Correctional Treatment Facility in Washington, D.C., while in the custody of the D.C. Department of Corrections. The D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner gave the cause of death as acute ethanol and fentanyl intoxication and ruled the manner an accident. A September 2022 DCist report said the medical examiner's office had not yet determined his cause or manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death an accident from acute ethanol and fentanyl intoxication.

Reported by: D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner).

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