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Marquez Smith

28 years old · died January 31, 2026 · Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Marquez Smith, 28, died on January 31, 2026, in a state prison in Delaware County, in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as suicide.

Reported by: Pennsylvania 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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