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Wallace Holley Jr.

56 years old · died April 2, 2020 · Federal Correctional Institution Oakdale I, Allen Parish, Louisiana

Wallace Holley Jr., 56, was held at the Federal Correctional Institution Oakdale I. He developed respiratory failure there and was taken to a local hospital on March 26, 2020. Hospital staff found he had COVID-19, and when his condition worsened he was placed on a ventilator, and he died on April 2, 2020. The article reports that he had long-term medical conditions that predated the illness and that he was the fifth person to die of COVID-19 at the facility.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Federal 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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