Died in jail or a lockup
Ida Lee McMorris
Ida Lee McMorris was a woman from Forest, Mississippi. On the morning of Wednesday, October 12, 1949, she died by hanging in the city jail in Jackson, where she was being held, according to a report in the Jackson Advocate that described her death as a suicide. Her body was taken to her home in Forest and buried the following Friday.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: news reports.