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Rusty Draper

47 years old · died March 31, 2019 · East Arkansas Regional Unit, Arkansas

Rusty Draper, a 47-year-old man, died while held at the East Arkansas Regional Unit, a state prison. Staff were alerted at 11:03 p.m. that he appeared to need medical treatment, and they found him in distress. They took him to the unit infirmary, where he was pronounced dead at 11:51 p.m. The Arkansas State Police and the Arkansas Department of Correction are investigating his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Arkansas Department of 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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