Landris Brown
Landris Brown told staff at the Hinds County jail that he was ill, and on December 8, 2007 he was taken to Central Mississippi Medical Center, where he died later that day. Hinds County Undersheriff Bill Gowan said he had a serious diabetic condition. Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart said an autopsy showed natural causes but gave no further detail. The death was not announced until January, and officials did not explain the delay.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The coroner and the undersheriff attributed the death to a serious diabetic condition, and the coroner said an autopsy showed natural causes.
Reported by: Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart (medical examiner or coroner); Hinds County Undersheriff Bill Gowan (the agency that held him).