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Charles Spencer

25 years old · died September 5, 2021 · Wilkinson County Correctional Facility, Wilkinson County, Mississippi

Charles Spencer, 25, died on September 5, 2021, while held at the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility in Woodville, Mississippi. According to a Mississippi Department of Corrections statement, he became unresponsive while staff were moving him from his cell to the medical unit. The department said it is investigating and that an autopsy will be performed to determine how and why he died, so the manner of death is pending.

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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