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Marlon Miles

40 years old · died June 2018 · Varner prison, Lincoln County, Arkansas

Marlon Miles's mother, Renee Miles of Little Rock, said she was told he had died when she had expected him home in February. He died in August 2018 at the Varner Unit in Gould, Arkansas, where he was held in a single-person cell in the supermax unit, according to the Arkansas Department of Correction. The department said his cause of death was awaiting medical examiner confirmation, and one account reports that officials found suspected synthetic marijuana (K2) in his cell. His mother said she wants to know how drugs got into a system meant to protect him.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The family says suspected synthetic marijuana (K2) was found in his cell, and the Arkansas Department of Correction said the cause of death awaited medical examiner confirmation.

Reported by: family.

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