Family: Freed student who died has 'completed his journey'
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The family of an American college student who died days after being released from North Korea in a coma says the 22-year-old "has completed his journey home."
Relatives say Otto Warmbier died Monday. They did not cite a specific cause of death.
Doctors had described Warmbier's condition as a state of "unresponsive wakefulness" and said he suffered a "severe neurological injury" of unknown cause. He arrived in Ohio on June 13 after being held for more than 17 months.
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The University of Virginia student was accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner while visiting with a tour group.
He was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor. His family says it was told he had been in a coma since soon after his sentencing.