Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Mario Deas

died January 23, 2005 · South Florida Reception Center, Florida

Mario Deas died on January 23, 2005, while held at South Florida Reception Center, a state prison in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections, which held him, classified the death as natural. That classification is the department's own claim about its custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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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