Brandon Burrell
Brandon Burrell, a father to a 9-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son, died in January 2024 while held at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison in Jackson, Georgia. His fiancée, Kaylyn Shilling, and his mother, Rhonda Perez, say he was stabbed and was not responding for about an hour before his body was retrieved, and his mother says the family had warned of danger and asked for him to be moved. Prison officials did not confirm those details, citing an active investigation, and an autopsy by the Butts County Medical Examiner reported blunt force injuries from an attack, with signs that hours had passed before guards arrived. His mother questions why guards did not respond to cries for help, and the Georgia Department of Corrections says its investigation is ongoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). The Butts County medical examiner attributes his death to blunt force injuries from an attack, and his mother says she had warned staff of danger and asked for him to be moved, and that guards did not respond to cries for help.
Reported by: Butts County Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Kaylyn Shilling, his fiancée (family or their lawyers); Brandon Burrell's mother (family or their lawyers).