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Rene Hernandez

75 years old · died August 9, 2021 · High Desert State Prison, Clark County, Nevada

Rene Hernandez died on August 9, 2021, at High Desert State Prison, in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Rene Hernandez was 75 years old. The department's list does not give a cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Nevada 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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