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Beverly Turnage

43 years old · Shelby County Jail, Shelby County, Tennessee

Beverly Turnage, 43, was held at the Shelby County Jail East in Tennessee. According to a Daily Memphian report published September 16, 2026, she was found unresponsive in her cell and taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in critical condition. The report as summarized here does not give the date of her death, its cause, or the circumstances that led to it.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Daily Memphian reports she was found unresponsive in her cell and taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in critical condition, but gives no cause or manner of death.

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