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Died in prison

Johnny Hall Jr.

35 years old · died July 4, 2017 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi

Johnny Hall Jr., 35, was held at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, where the Mississippi Department of Corrections said corrections officers found him unresponsive in his cell on the morning of July 4, 2017. He was pronounced dead shortly after 6:35 a.m., and the department said the cause and manner of death were pending an autopsy and investigation. His family's account and the autopsy findings are not yet reported in these sources.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

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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