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Simmon Henrickson

died September 14, 2019 · Columbia Correctional Institution Annex, Columbia County, Florida

Simon Henrickson died in September 2019 while held at Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Florida. Autopsy reports obtained by News4JAX found a lethal level of fentanyl in his body, and investigators and the autopsy reports point to an overdose. It is unclear how the drug reached the facility. It is also unclear whether he was trying to get high or was accidentally exposed to it.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed). Autopsy reports obtained by News4Jax found a lethal level of fentanyl, while the Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as accident.

Reported by: autopsy reports; Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); News4Jax (reporters).

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