Marcus Sutton
Marcus Sutton, 30, died in February 2023 while held at the Special Management Unit in Jackson, Georgia. Staff found him cold and unresponsive on his bed in his single-man cell shortly before 4:30 a.m., and EMS personnel determined that efforts to save him would be futile. The Butts County coroner's autopsy reported that he died from the toxic effects of pyro, a synthetic opioid. His mother, Chantelle Gillespie, said she finds it hard to believe he knowingly took such a dangerous drug, and she said a prison nurse had told her he was acting out because of drugs.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Butts County coroner's autopsy found he died from the toxic effects of the synthetic opioid pyro, and his mother finds it hard to believe he knowingly took it.
Reported by: Butts County coroner Lacey Prue (medical examiner or coroner).