Died in prison
Omar Beard
Omar Beard, 36, died on February 26, 2020, at Merit Health Rankin in Brandon while in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and held at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. The department said his death appears to be from natural causes and that an autopsy will determine the official cause and manner of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said his death appears to be from natural causes, with an autopsy to determine the official cause.
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.