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Negussie Woldermariam

45 years old · died November 19, 2025 · District of Columbia County, District of Columbia

Negussie Woldermariam died on November 19, 2025, at George Washington University Hospital while in the custody of the D.C. Department of Corrections. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner gave the cause of death as: Infective Endocarditis. It ruled the manner of death natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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