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William Randall Triplett

45 years old · died April 7, 2016 · Holman Correctional Facility, Escambia County, Alabama

William Randall Triplett, 45, was held at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. On April 7, 2016, officers found him hanging from a bedsheet in a one-person segregation cell. The Alabama Department of Corrections said the death was an apparent suicide and that it is investigating.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Alabama 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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