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Died in prison

Melvin Benjamin

died October 17, 2024 · Blackwater River Correctional Facility, Florida

Melvin Benjamin died on October 17, 2024, while held at Blackwater Correctional Facility, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural. The department's mortality record gives no cause of death, and no other account of the death has been found.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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