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Sante Kimes

79 years old · died May 19, 2014 · Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, Westchester County, New York

Sante Kimes, 79, died on May 19, 2014, in her cell at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a state prison in Westchester County, New York. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections, Linda Foglia, said she was found unresponsive. The New York Daily News reported that the Corrections Department attributed her death to natural causes in the prison's maximum security unit, while other accounts gave no cause and said it was not immediately known.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The state Corrections Department said she died of natural causes, while other accounts only report that she was found unresponsive in her cell.

Reported by: New York state Corrections Department spokeswoman Linda Foglia (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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