Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Susan Russo

67 years old · died September 29, 2022 · Central California Women's Facility, Madera County, California

Susan Russo, 67, died on Thursday, September 29, 2022, while held at the Central California Women's Facility, a California state prison in Madera County. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said she had been receiving medical treatment at a local medical facility since August 16, 2022, and that she died of natural causes, without saying what she was being treated for. The department's account is that she died of natural causes, and the Fresno County Sheriff's Office will determine the official cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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