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Billy T. Bonner

78 years old · died April 13, 2017 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi

Billy T. Bonner, 78, died on April 13, 2017, while held at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. According to a news release from the Mississippi Department of Corrections, he was pronounced dead in the prison hospital. The department said the cause of death had not been determined and that an autopsy had been ordered.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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