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Willie Powell

died December 8, 2022 · Dade Correctional Institution, Florida

Willie Powell died on December 8, 2022, while held at Dade Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections classed the manner of death as suicide. The department's mortality listing is the only source for this death, and it gives no account of the circumstances or of what staff did before or after. No family, friend, or independent account of Mr. Powell or the death has been found.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the death as a suicide.

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

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