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Ronald Sparks

59 years old · died March 17, 2016 · Middlesex County Jail and House of Correction, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Ronald Sparks, 59, of Cambridge, died on March 17, 2016, while held at the Middlesex Jail and House of Correction in Billerica, Massachusetts. He was found unresponsive during routine rounds, and ambulance personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The Middlesex Sheriff's Office said it would conduct an internal review and commission an independent external audit of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Middlesex Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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