Paul Pete Collins
Paul Pete Collins, 62, was a former Mississippi state trooper who spent many years with the Mississippi Highway Patrol, earned several awards, and later worked as a motivational speaker. He died in August 2007 in his cell at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County, where he was held. Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps said he was found hanging and that the investigation was continuing. The Department said it appeared to be a suicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said he appeared to have hanged himself in his cell.
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.