Lanford Payne
Lanford Payne died in August 2024 at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, a prison where he was held. The Iberville Parish Coroner's Office confirmed his body was picked up around 11 p.m. but could not confirm a cause of death. Unnamed sources within the system said he died of an overdose. The death came as Governor Jeff Landry announced a State Police investigation into drug problems at the prison, and the Department of Corrections had reported two drug-related deaths there that year.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Unnamed sources within the prison system say he died of an overdose, but the Iberville Parish Coroner's Office has not confirmed the cause.
Reported by: unnamed sources within the prison system.