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Walter Cassell

67 years old · died September 3, 2019 · Montana State Prison, Powell County, Montana

Walter Cassell, 67, died on September 3, 2019 at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, where he was being held. Montana State Prison officials said in a press release that he died of an extended illness and classed the death as natural. The prison's account is the only one this record draws on for the cause and manner of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Montana State Prison officials said he died of an extended illness, according to a prison press release.

Reported by: Montana State Prison officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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