Convicted murderer dies after N.B. prison sends him to hospital

RENOUS, N.B. – Corrections officials say a 38-year-old inmate has died in custody.

In a statement, Correctional Service Canada says Guy Langlois was pronounced dead in hospital at about 3:30 p.m. Monday after emergency officials were called to the Atlantic Institution in Renous, N.B.

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No details were provided on the cause of death or where Langlois was found.

He had been serving an indeterminate sentence since Oct. 5, 2000, for second-degree murder.

Police and the coroner have been notified, and Correctional Service Canada says it will review the circumstances of the death.