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29 years old · died January 16, 2025 · Shawnee Correctional Center, Johnson County, Illinois

A man, 29, died on January 16, 2025, at Shawnee Correctional Center, in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. The death was reported to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, which does not publish the names of the people who died. The Illinois Department of Corrections reported the manner of death as suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Illinois Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as suicide.

Reported by: Illinois Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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