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Died in prison

Name not reported

Elmore Correctional Facility, Elmore County, Alabama

A person held at Elmore Correctional Facility in Alabama died of blunt force trauma to the head, according to a 2017 autopsy cited in a Justice Department filing. The Alabama Department of Corrections has classified the death as natural. Nothing in the account names the person or gives a date of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (disputed). The Alabama Department of Corrections classed the death as natural, but a 2017 autopsy cited in a Justice Department filing lists blunt force trauma to the head.

Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held them); 2017 autopsy cited in the Justice Department's filing (medical examiner or coroner); Justice Department filing (outside investigators).

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