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Michael McGuire

77 years old · died September 24, 2026 · Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, Johnson County, Nebraska

Michael McGuire, 77, died on September 24, 2026, at a local hospital while held at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in Nebraska, where he had been incarcerated since 1983. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services reported the death and said the cause is pending. Nebraska law requires a grand jury investigation of deaths in the department's custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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