Howard "Lil Dank" Payton
Howard "Lil Dank" Payton, 38, died on the evening of Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Greene County, where he was held in state prison custody. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said the death is being investigated as a homicide, and that autopsy results were pending. MDOC has released no further details while the investigation continues, so the cause and circumstances of his death remain unconfirmed in these accounts.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says the death is being investigated as a homicide, and the autopsy results are pending.
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.