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Edward Leroy Harris

58 years old · died March 10, 2015 · Morgan County Correctional Complex, Morgan County, Tennessee

Edward Leroy Harris, 58, died on March 10, 2015, after a fight with another person held at the Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg, Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of Correction described the death as an apparent homicide and said it was investigating. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital that morning.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Tennessee Department of Correction says another person held at the facility killed him in a fight.

Reported by: Tennessee Department of Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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