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Lorenzo Rouse

36 years old · died June 23, 2008 · Lieber Correctional Institution, Dorchester County, South Carolina

Lorenzo Rouse, 36, died on June 23, 2008, while held at Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said he was found hanging from an air conditioning unit in the prison. The department describes the death as an apparent suicide and is investigating it.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The SC Department of Corrections says he hanged himself from an air conditioning unit at Lieber Correctional Institution and is investigating the death as an apparent suicide.

Reported by: SC 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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