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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DEATH AT BEAVER CREEK INSTITUTION

GRAVENHURST, ON, March 28, 2007 - Mr. Vincenzo Cipollone was sentenced to a life sentence commencing November 11, 1996; upon a conviction for second degree murder. Mr. Cipollone was transferred to Beaver Creek Institution from Fenbrook Institution after meeting the criteria of a minimum-security placement.

Mr. Cipollone died at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital on March 28, 2007 from natural causes.

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