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Stephen Watkins

54 years old · died August 27, 2020 · Marion County Jail, Marion County, Indiana

Stephen Watkins, 54, died at the Marion County Jail in Indiana in the early morning of August 27, 2020. The jail said in a news release that he had an apparent seizure while nursing staff were handing out medicine. He was pronounced dead just before 6 a.m. The Marion County Coroner's Office will conduct an autopsy, and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the Marion County Sheriff's Office and the Marion County Forensic Services Agency are also investigating the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Marion County Jail said he had an apparent seizure while nursing staff were handing out medicine, and the cause is pending an autopsy by the Marion County Coroner's Office.

Reported by: Marion County Jail (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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