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Ryan Palmer

43 years old · died July 12, 2026 · Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, Rankin County, Mississippi

Ryan Palmer, 43, died on July 12, 2026, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He had been held at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County, Mississippi, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department said the cause and manner of his death will be determined by an autopsy, which state law requires.

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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