Gene Danley Jr.
Gene Danley Jr. was 35. His aunt, Dina Sumrall Brosh, said he struggled with addiction and had a family that loved him dearly. He died on December 28, 2018, while held at the Jackson County jail in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The sheriff's office, through Sheriff Mike Ezell, said he was found hanging in his cell, that his death was unrelated to another death at the jail, and that he had tried to make a phone call less than 20 minutes earlier but could not reach the person he was calling. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the Jackson County District Attorney's Office are assisting in the investigation, and the jail is reviewing its procedures.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff Mike Ezell's office said Gene Danley Jr. was found hanging by a sheet in his cell at the Jackson County jail, and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is assisting the investigation.
Reported by: Jackson County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).