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Moon Martin

35 years old · died May 17, 2017 · Yakima County Corrections Center, Yakima County, Washington

Moon Martin, 35, of Auburn, Washington, died in his bunk at the Yakima County Jail on May 17, 2017. The Yakima County Corrections Department said his cellmates found him unresponsive after he abruptly stopped snoring, and that paramedics pronounced him dead after revival attempts failed. He had graduated from a chemical dependency program the Monday before he died. The Yakima County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death, and the cause and manner have not been determined.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Yakima County Corrections Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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