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Nathaniel Kennedy

61 years old · died April 15, 2018 · Hampton Roads Regional Jail, Portsmouth city, Virginia

Nathaniel Kennedy, 61, died on April 15, 2018, at a hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia, after being taken there from the Hampton Roads Regional Jail for a medical emergency. Jail officials said he died around noon. Sources say he had been placed in the jail's medical housing unit shortly after arriving because of serious medical conditions. The jail said it is conducting an administrative review of the incident, and no cause or manner of death has been reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Hampton Roads Regional Jail officials reported a medical emergency and said the jail is conducting an administrative review, but no cause of death is stated.

Reported by: Hampton Roads Regional Jail officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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