Is NPC death permanent?

If I kill NPCs when out scavanging, will they stay dead? If so, is this the case every time, with every location? If there are examples to the contrary of the general case, what would those be?
As an example, I assume I can kill a couple guards at the brothel and run. Then I would have only a few of them for the next scavenging run. Is that so, or will I come back to all of them once again?
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I've completed multiple (10+) play-thrus and every NPC stays dead or gone, the bodies of your PC's that die will stay until looted as well.
So you after clearing you can safely send unarmed people in to pick the goodies.
I've not played enough to know if any locations have additional mini-story-arcs that may bring more NPC's to the location at a later time but I've not seen one yet.
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