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Michael Brandon Bowden

died November 13, 2022 · Morgan County, Alabama

Michael Brandon Bowden had been on work release in Lincoln County, Tennessee, when he left custody with another man on a Saturday night in November 2022. On Sunday, November 13, police found the two men in Morgan County, Alabama, and Bowden had already died. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said he may have died of hypothermia, and an autopsy was planned to confirm the cause.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said he possibly died of hypothermia, with an autopsy to confirm.

Reported by: Lincoln County (Tenn.) Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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