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Died in prison

Vernon D. Edwards

died July 30, 2001 · Polk Correctional Institution, Florida

Vernon D. Edwards died on July 30, 2001, while held at Polk Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of his death as natural. The department's record gives no cause of death and no other details about him.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida 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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