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Sanford Frederick Proctor

55 years old · died April 21, 2019 · High Desert State Prison, Clark County, Nevada

Not found on the Nevada Department of Corrections’s published list of deaths in custody.

Sanford Frederick Proctor, 55, died at about 8:15 a.m. on Sunday, April 21, 2019, in the infirmary unit at High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs, Nevada, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections. The department announced his death in a release issued that Thursday. The Clark County coroner's office identified him, and an autopsy was to be scheduled. The department has not given a cause of death, and the manner of death is listed as pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Nevada Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Clark County coroner's office (medical examiner or coroner).

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