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Mercedes Alaimo

36 years old · died February 13, 2023 · Luzerne County Correctional Facility, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Mercedes Alaimo, 36, died on February 13, 2023, at Luzerne County Prison in Luzerne County. 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. Luzerne County Prison recorded the manner of death as suicide.

Reported by: Luzerne County Prison (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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