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Richard Shafer

51 years old · died October 10, 2025 · Carson City County, Nevada

Richard Shafer died on October 10, 2025, at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center, in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Richard Shafer was 51 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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