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Robert Hutchinson

76 years old · died October 6, 2020 · Richland Correctional Institution, Richland County, Ohio

Robert Hutchinson, 76, died on October 6, 2020, at The Ohio State University Medical Center while held at Richland Correctional Institution in Mansfield, Ohio. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction lists his death as probable COVID-19, during an outbreak that had infected people held at the prison and staff. The department's website first listed the death as probable COVID-19 the Wednesday after he died. Mansfield News Journal reported that such deaths often stay listed as probable until death certificates are received.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction lists the death as probable COVID-19 during a prison outbreak.

Reported by: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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