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Merlin Howell

81 years old · died December 27, 2011 · Northern Nevada Correctional Center, Carson City County, Nevada

Merlin Howell died on December 27, 2011, at Northern Nevada Correctional Center, in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Merlin Howell was 81 years old. The department's list does not give a cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Nevada 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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