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Randy Aguilar

29 years old · died October 23, 2017 · Arizona State Prison Complex-Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

Randy Aguilar, 29, died on October 23, 2017, while held at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Phoenix in Phoenix. The Arizona Department of Corrections said staff found him in his cell during a security check and tried life-saving measures until paramedics arrived. The department attributed his death to self-harm. He had been returned to state custody on October 17 after a finding that he had violated the terms of his community supervision.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Arizona Department of Corrections says Randy Aguilar died of self-harm after staff found him in his cell during a security check.

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

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