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Rodger Javers

50 years old · died September 23, 2025 · Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, Iberville Parish, Louisiana

Rodger Javers, 50, died on September 23, 2025, at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, where he was held in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The department's death data gives the cause as cancer. Louisiana First and WBRZ reported that the department said no autopsy was requested because of his existing medical conditions.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections' yearly death data lists the cause as cancer, and the Louisiana Department of Corrections says no autopsy was requested because of his existing medical condition.

Reported by: Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him); Louisiana 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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