Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Lorenzo S. Montez

53 years old · died July 16, 2019 · Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution, Goshen County, Wyoming

Lorenzo S. Montez, a Laramie native, died on July 16, 2019, at Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington, where he was serving a prison sentence. The Wyoming Department of Corrections said he died of a long-term illness and did not name the illness. The department said an autopsy was ordered under its policy.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Wyoming Department of Corrections said he died of a long-term illness it did not identify, and ordered an autopsy under department policy.

Reported by: Wyoming 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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