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Robert D. Haws

29 years old · died July 2010 · Marion County Jail, Marion County

Robert D. Haws, 29, died in July 2010 after he was injured in a fight in the recreation yard of the minimum-security cellblock at the Marion County Jail. Jail authorities said he suffered head wounds and he was taken to Salem Hospital, where he later died. A Marion County grand jury has since acted in a case involving another person held at the jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Jail authorities said he suffered head wounds in a fight with another inmate in the recreation yard, and a Marion County grand jury took up the case.

Reported by: Jail authorities (the agency that held him); Marion County grand jury (court).

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