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71 years old · died April 2020 · Federal Correctional Institution Elkton, Columbiana County, Ohio

A 71-year-old man held at Elkton Federal Correctional Institution in Lisbon, Ohio, died of COVID-19 with double pneumonia in April 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The Bureau said he became infected inside the prison. He was taken to a local hospital, placed on a ventilator, and died about a week later.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Bureau of Prisons attributed the death to COVID-19 with double pneumonia.

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

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