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Anthony Hall

39 years old · died May 15, 2024 · Tallahatchie County Work Center, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Anthony Hall, 39, died at the Tallahatchie County Work Center in Sumner, Mississippi, where he was being held, on May 15, 2024. He was found hanging in his cell that Wednesday afternoon. Tallahatchie County Coroner Anthony Hawkins said his preliminary finding was suicide by hanging. That is the only account of his death in the available reporting, and the coroner's conclusion has not been independently confirmed.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The county coroner, Anthony Hawkins, preliminarily ruled that Hall died by suicide by hanging in his cell.

Reported by: Tallahatchie County Coroner Anthony Hawkins (medical examiner or coroner).

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