NewsApril 25, 2002
Charleston inmate dies of natural causes
Standard Democrat CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The Southeast Correctional Center's first inmate death appears to have been a natural one. According to a news advisory from the state prison, Samuel Crump, 54, died at 7:55 a.m. Friday at Missouri Delta Medical Center, apparently of natural causes following a lengthy illness...Standard Democrat
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The Southeast Correctional Center's first inmate death appears to have been a natural one.
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According to a news advisory from the state prison, Samuel Crump, 54, died at 7:55 a.m. Friday at Missouri Delta Medical Center, apparently of natural causes following a lengthy illness.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death as mandated by Missouri Department of Corrections policy.
Crump was serving 15 years on burglary charges in St. Louis.
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