Died in jail or a lockup
Phillip Pharris
Phillip Pharris, 60, died on Friday, September 8, 2023, at the Davidson County Sheriff's Office Maximum Correctional Center in Nashville, where he was held. According to the sheriff's office, officers responded to his cell and found him unresponsive, and he was pronounced dead at 5:55 p.m. The sheriff's office said foul play is not suspected, and the medical examiner is conducting autopsy and toxicology reports. The sources do not yet give a cause or manner of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined
Reported by: Nashville Police Department; Davidson County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Medical examiner (medical examiner or coroner).