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Sawson Owens

died January 8, 2022 · Gulf Correctional Institution, Florida

Sawson Owens died on January 8, 2022, while held at Gulf Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which recorded the death, listed the manner as natural. The department's record does not give a cause of death or describe anything about Owens's life beyond his name.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida 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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