State inmate with Bucks County conviction, Doylestown connection dies at SCI Chester

A state prison inmate with ties to the Doylestown and Allentown areas was found unresponsive in his cell last month at the State Correctional Institution at Chester, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

Gina Clark, superintendent at SCI Chester, reported that Marquez Dayon Smith, 27, was discovered unresponsive on Jan. 31.

Prison staff and emergency medical personnel attempted life-saving measures, but Smith was pronounced deceased at 6:38 a.m., officials said…

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