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Brian Lloyd Talley

died June 25, 2019 · Marshall County Jail, Marshall County, Mississippi

Brian Lloyd Talley was held at the Marshall County jail in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The Marshall County coroner and an attorney for the Marshall County Sheriff's Department say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 25, 2019, after getting into a locked sheriff's department truck outside the jail and finding a pistol inside. Investigators believe his death followed questioning about another case. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is examining the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Marshall County coroner and an attorney for the Marshall County Sheriff's Department say he shot himself with a pistol found in a locked sheriff's department truck outside the jail.

Reported by: Marshall County coroner (medical examiner or coroner); attorney for the Marshall County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him).

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