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Ricky Whatley

49 years old · died July 14, 2017 · East Baton Rouge Parish Jail, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Ricky Whatley died in custody at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on July 14, 2017, according to records compiled by Incarceration Transparency.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Incarceration Transparency recorded the manner of death as suicide.

Reported by: Incarceration Transparency (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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