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Theodore Matthews

43 years old · died April 7, 2025 · United States Penitentiary Florence, Fremont County, Colorado

Theodore Clifton Matthews, 43, died at U.S. Penitentiary, Florence, in Fremont County, Colorado, on Monday, April 7, 2025. The Bureau of Prisons said he was found unresponsive around 2:15 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the prison. The bureau has not said what caused his death and declined to answer further questions about the circumstances.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: U.S. Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him); U.S. Department of Justice (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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