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Orville Lynn Majors

56 years old · died September 24, 2017 · Indiana State Prison, LaPorte County, Indiana

Orville Lynn Majors, 56, died on September 24, 2017, while held at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana. He began having breathing problems and became unresponsive, and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Indiana Department of Correction said preliminary autopsy results showed heart problems and natural causes. No independent account of the cause of death has been reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Indiana Department of Correction said preliminary autopsy results showed heart problems and natural causes.

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

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