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Micheal Montrell Norwood

29 years old · died April 2, 2018 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi

Michael Montrell Norwood, 29, died on April 2, 2018, at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, where he was held in custody. According to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, he was found unresponsive in his single cell and pronounced dead at 6:17 a.m. The department said it is investigating, and prison officials said his death appears unrelated to another death at the facility that day. The cause of death is pending an autopsy and investigation, and no cause has been established.

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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