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Emmett Entrekin

70 years old · died February 16, 2021 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi

Emmett Entrekin, 70, died on February 16, 2021, at the hospital at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, where he was in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department said his death appears to be natural. The official cause is pending an autopsy by a medical examiner who operates independently of the department.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said the death appears to be natural, with the official cause pending an autopsy by an independent medical examiner.

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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