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Matthew McNamara

45 years old · died July 2011 · Lancaster County Prison, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Matthew McNamara, 45, died in July 2011 at Lancaster County Prison in Pennsylvania. According to newspaper records, he jumped 13 feet from the upper tier of a cellblock. The newspaper's account lists his death among the prison's suicides since 1998.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Newspaper records list his death at Lancaster County Prison as a suicide after he jumped 13 feet from the upper tier of a cellblock.

Reported by: newspaper records.

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