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Sean Phillip Smith

34 years old · died February 13, 2017 · Lieber Correctional Institution, Dorchester County, South Carolina

Sean Phillip Smith, 34, died in February 2017 while held at Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, South Carolina, according to the state Department of Corrections. The department said he died late on Sunday night or early Monday morning, February 12 to 13, 2017. A separate compiled record by Incarceration Transparency lists the manner of death as natural. The department said the circumstances are under investigation and that it does not suspect foul play.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said the death was under investigation and no foul play was suspected, and Incarceration Transparency's records list the manner as natural.

Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Incarceration Transparency.

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