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Vincent Sorrentino

31 years old · died July 19, 2017 · Erie County Correctional Facility, Erie County, New York

Vincent Sorrentino, 31, died by hanging in a shower stall at the Erie County Correctional Facility in New York on July 19, 2017, according to the Buffalo News. A prison source told the paper that he appeared sad and despondent after a telephone call that morning. The prison source characterized the death as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A prison source told The News that he hanged himself in a shower stall after appearing sad and despondent following a telephone call that morning.

Reported by: prison source. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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