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Sammy McCowan

40 years old · died December 14, 2010 · Northern Nevada Correctional Center, Carson City County, Nevada

Sammy McCowan died on December 14, 2010, at Northern Nevada Correctional Center, in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Sammy McCowan was 40 years old. The department's list does not give a cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Nevada 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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