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Ricky Hess

59 years old · died July 15, 2018 · SCI Laurel Highlands, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Ricky Hess died in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections at SCI Laurel Highlands on July 15, 2018, according to records compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

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

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