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Coral Murphy Marcos

Woman strangled during overnight visit with her husband at a California prison

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A California department of corrections officer watches prisoners at the Mule Creek state prison yard in Ione, California, in 2007. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Prison officials are investigating the death of a woman who was strangled during an overnight visit with her husband at a California prison last year.

Stephanie Diane Dowells, 62, also known as Stephanie Brinson, was killed in November, becoming the second person in a year to die during a family visit at Mule Creek state prison in Ione, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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