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William Thomas Faucher

75 years old · died October 29, 2020 · Idaho State Correctional Institution, Idaho

William Thomas Faucher, 75, a former Catholic priest from Boise, died on October 29, 2020, while held at the Idaho State Correctional Institution. The Idaho Department of Correction, through spokesman Jeff Ray, said he appears to have died of natural causes. The department said he was found unresponsive in the prison's medical unit, that attempts to resuscitate him failed, and that he was pronounced dead at 10:52 a.m.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Idaho Department of Correction spokesman Jeff Ray said he appears to have died of natural causes.

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

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