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Patrick Keady

insane hospital at Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois

Patrick Keady was held at the insane hospital in Kankakee, Illinois, and had been missing for about three months when his body was found under the ice in the river on a Monday. Officials supposed that he had tried to swim the river to escape and drowned. The cause of death is listed as drowning, and the manner has not been determined.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Officials at the Kankakee insane hospital supposed he tried to swim the river to escape and drowned.

Reported by: Kankakee insane hospital 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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