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Michael Graham

50 years old · died October 10, 2011 · Wasco State Prison, Kern County, California

Michael Graham, 50, died at Wasco State Prison in Kern County, California, in October 2011. Staff found his body on Monday, October 10, in the cell he shared with another man. The Kern County Coroner's Office said an autopsy found multiple blunt force injuries and ruled the death a homicide. Prison officials said the cellmate was a suspect, and early reports did not yet give a cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Kern County Coroner's Office ruled the death a homicide after an autopsy found multiple blunt force injuries, and prison officials say his cellmate is a suspect.

Reported by: Kern County Coroner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him).

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