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Bobby Everette

19 years old · died February 1993 · Jackson, Mississippi

Bobby Everette, 19, was found hanged in a jail in Jackson, Mississippi, in February 1993. A civil rights coalition listed his death among Mississippi jail hangings it described as questionable or suspicious. The record classifies the manner of death as suicide, and the coalition's objections to that classification are attributed to the coalition.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed). A civil rights coalition called his 1993 jail hanging in Jackson questionable or suspicious, while the death was recorded as a suicide by hanging.

Reported by: a civil rights coalition.

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