Died in prison

Randy Lee Burgess

43 years old · died July 27, 2018 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi

Randy Lee Burgess, 43, died in July 2018 after being stabbed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department said he was pronounced dead early on a Friday in the prison's emergency room. The department said it is investigating the death and that an autopsy will be conducted.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says Burgess was stabbed at Parchman and pronounced dead in the prison's emergency room, and the department is investigating.

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.

Source

Mississippi inmate dies after stabbing at Parchman WAPT, July 31, 2018

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