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David Young

40 years old · died April 1, 2020 · Wilkinson County Correctional Facility, Wilkinson County, Mississippi

David Young, 40, died on April 1, 2020, at a hospital in Jackson after an altercation with his cellmate at the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility, where he was held in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The Department said the other person involved was treated at a local hospital. An autopsy was planned to establish the official cause and manner of death, and no findings had been released when the report was published.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Mississippi Department of Corrections officials said an altercation with his cellmate preceded his death, and an autopsy was planned to determine the cause and manner.

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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