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Matthew Wisniewski

28 years old · died April 2013 · Lancaster County Prison, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Matthew Wisniewski, 28, died in April 2013 after hanging himself from the upper part of a bunk in his cell at Lancaster County Prison, according to Lancaster Newspapers records. He was taken to Lancaster General Hospital, where he was kept on life support for a time before being declared brain dead. The records describe the death as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Lancaster Newspapers records say he hanged himself from the upper part of a bunk in his cell.

Reported by: Lancaster Newspapers records (reporters).

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