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Eugene Desjarlais (CNW Group/Correctional Services of Canada Prairie Region)
Corrections

Minimum security inmate dies while at large

Jul 22, 2021 | 10:10 AM

A man who escaped from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge last week, has died.

Wednesday evening, Correctional Services of Canada confirmed Eugene Desjarlais, an inmate at the minimum security federal institution, was pronounced deceased on Tuesday.

He had been missing from the facility since July 13.

At the time of his death, Desjarlais had been serving a sentence of two years, five months, and two days for two convictions related to breaking and entering. Desjarlais was sentenced on March 11.