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Junior Siavii Cause Of Death: What Happened To Junior Siavii In Prison?

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Saousoalii Poe Siavii, Jr. was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks.

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Junior Siavii attended Tafuna High School and played for one year at Dixie State Junior College, before leaving for Butte Community College.

Junior Siavii played college football at the University of Oregon.

Junior Siavii was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round (36th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft.

Junior Siavii Cause Of Death: What Happened To Junior Siavii In Prison?

This is a 2004 photo showing Kansas City Chiefs football player Saousoalii Siavii Jr. at the NFL football team’s training camp. A former defensive tackle for the Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks has been charged with illegally possessing firearms. The U.S. attorney’s office said Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, in announcing the charges against 40-year-old Saousoalii Siavii Jr. that he was twice stunned with a Taser after he resisted arrest when he was taken into custody in August. The confrontation began after he was spotted getting out of a vehicle that had been reported stolen. Prosecutors say he fought off officers in the Kansas City suburb of Independence before he was restrained. (Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star via AP)

On August 26, 2019, Junior Siavii was arrested for charges related to illegal firearms in Kansas City, Missouri.

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On November 15, 2019, Junior Siavii was indicted by the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri on additional conspiracy and drug-trafficking charges, which superseded his original indictment.

On July 31, 2020, Junior Siavii was arrested on charges of 2nd degree burglary and a misdemeanor stealing charge.

While awaiting trial at United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Junior Siavii, 43, was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022.

Details surrounding the ex-Kansas City Chiefs player’s death are not immediately available.


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