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Richard Wayne Petrarca

64 years old · died June 20, 2016 · Clark County, Nevada

Richard Wayne Petrarca died on June 20, 2016, at Valley Hospital Medical Center, in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Richard Wayne Petrarca was 64 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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