Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Leo Christensen

59 years old · died September 3, 2014 · Mike Durfee State Prison, Bon Homme County, South Dakota

Leo Christensen, 59, became ill at Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield, South Dakota, on September 2, 2014. He was taken by ambulance and then airlifted to a hospital in Sioux Falls, where he died the following day, September 3. An autopsy was being done to determine how he died, and no cause or manner of death had been announced when the report was published.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: South Dakota 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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