Deaths in Custody
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Norah Horwitz

38 years old · died April 6, 2025 · Virginia Beach Correctional Center, Virginia Beach city County, Virginia

Norah Horwitz, 38, died on April 6, 2025, while held at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center, according to the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office said a deputy found her during a routine security check around 6 p.m., and that she was declared dead around 6:40 p.m. The sheriff's office said she had received a full medical and mental health screening at intake, and it has described her death as a suicide. The medical examiner has not yet determined the official cause and manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office says she died by suicide.

Reported by: Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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