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Lewis Padgett

died October 20, 2021 · Liberty Correctional Institution, Florida

Lewis Padgett died on October 20, 2021, while held at Liberty Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections listed the manner of death as suicide in its inmate mortality records. The record gives no further details about the circumstances of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Florida 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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