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Wayland Yoder Brown

75 years old · died June 8, 2019 · South Carolina

Wayland Yoder Brown, 75, died on June 8, 2019, at a hospital while in the custody of the South Carolina prison system. South Carolina Corrections Department spokeswoman Chrysti Shain said his death appeared to be from natural causes and that there was nothing suspicious about it. As of the June 28, 2019 KCRA report, an official ruling on the cause of death had not yet been made.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. South Carolina Corrections Department spokeswoman Chrysti Shain said his death appeared to be from natural causes and nothing suspicious, though no official ruling had been made.

Reported by: South Carolina Corrections Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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