Deaths in Custody
Died in immigration detentionHeld by ICE

Richard Rust

34 years old · died May 29, 2004 · Federal Detention Center, Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana

Richard Rust, 34, died on May 29, 2004, while held in immigration detention at the Federal Detention Center in Oakdale, Louisiana. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lists the cause of death as cardiac arrhythmia, which is the agency's own claim.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE said he died of cardiac arrhythmia.

Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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