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Ronald Harris Brown

80 years old · died May 12, 2021 · Clarinda Correctional Facility, Iowa

Ronald Harris Brown, 80, died on May 12, 2021, at the Clarinda Correctional Facility in Iowa, according to a news release from the Iowa Department of Corrections. The department said the suspected cause of death was suicide. It also said all suspected suicides are investigated.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Iowa Department of Corrections said the suspected cause of death was suicide and that all suspected suicides are investigated.

Reported by: Iowa 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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