Lawrence James Montanaro
Lawrence James Montanaro, 69, died on December 2, 2011, in the hospice unit of the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights, a state prison, according to the Duluth News Tribune. John Schadl, a spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Corrections, said he died of apparent natural causes. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner was to determine the official cause of death, and the corrections department said it would conduct its own investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Corrections spokesman John Schadl said he died of apparent natural causes, with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner to make the official determination.
Reported by: Minnesota Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.