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FBI investigating death at Terre Haute's federal prison

Prison officials say 36-year-old Jan Stevens was found unresponsive in his cell on Saturday.

Posted: Jan 14, 2019 12:19 PM

Posted By: Chris Essex

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a death at the Terre Haute's Federal Penitentiary.

Prison officials say 36-year-old Jan Stevens was found unresponsive in his cell on Saturday.

Stevens was serving a 30-year prison sentence for conspiracy to affect commerce by robbery and possession of firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence in Virginia in 2011.

Stevens has been an inmate in the prison since January of 2018.

Officials say the FBI is investigating the death.

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