William Stankewicz
William Stankewicz, 78, a former history teacher who had previously lived in York County, died on Monday, November 27, 2023, at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, a Pennsylvania state prison. Prison officials said he was found unresponsive in his cell early that morning and was pronounced dead at 7:41 a.m. The Luzerne County Coroner's Office has not yet determined a cause or manner of death, and the Pennsylvania State Police are also investigating. He had been held at SCI Dallas since 2012, according to prison officials.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
Reported by: SCI Dallas superintendent Kevin Ransom (the agency that held him); 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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