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died February 24, 2022 · New Haven Correctional Center, New Haven, Connecticut

A man whose name the sources do not give died on February 24, 2022, while held at New Haven Correctional Center in New Haven, Connecticut. The Connecticut Department of Correction said he was found unresponsive in a shared cell during a routine tour and that the death appears to be an apparent fentanyl overdose. The department said the State Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death. It was not immediately clear how the fentanyl reached him.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Connecticut Department of Correction said the death appears to be a fentanyl overdose, with the State Medical Examiner to determine the cause and manner.

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

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