Joshua Brown
Joshua Brown, 30, was held at the Turney Center Industrial Complex, a Tennessee state prison in Hickman County. According to the Tennessee Department of Correction, he swallowed a balloon of methamphetamine that a visitor passed to him during a kiss in a visitation room in February 2022. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died of an overdose. A visitor has been charged in connection with his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Tennessee Department of Correction says he swallowed a balloon of methamphetamine that a visitor passed to him during a kiss and died of an overdose at a local hospital.
Reported by: Tennessee Department of Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
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- ‘Kiss of Death’: Woman accused of passing drugs to Tenn. inmate
- How a jailhouse kiss between a woman and inmate led to a charge of second-degree murder
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- Woman’s Kiss to Inmate Led to Fatal Drug Overdose, Officials Say
- Woman charged with murder after allegedly smuggling an inmate drugs through a kiss during visitation
- Tennessee Woman Accused Of Smuggling Meth To Inmate During Kiss Charged With His Murder