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Jeremy Edward Price

36 years old · died March 2, 2024 · Hays State Prison, Chattooga County, Georgia

Jeremy Price, 36, moved to the Atlanta area in 2010 hoping to make it as a rapper, his mother said, and was excited about meeting his 14-year-old son. He died on March 2, 2024, at Hays State Prison in Trion, Georgia, while in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections. A department incident report and his death certificate list the death as a homicide from stab wounds to the neck and chest. His mother said the prison has not given her further information about how he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed). The Georgia Department of Corrections incident report and death certificate list his death as a homicide from stab wounds to the neck and chest, while the department's March mortality report omitted the manner of death and his mother says the prison has not told her how he died.

Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections incident report (the agency that held him); death certificate; his mother.

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