Sean Russell Overal
Sean Russell Overal, 33, of Kiln, died on November 17, 2020, while held at the Hancock County jail in Mississippi. The Hancock County sheriff's office said he went into cardiac arrest from a heroin overdose, and that another person held at the jail had swallowed a bag of drugs before arriving and shared the contents with others, three of whom used them. Overal was taken to Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock and then to Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, where he was pronounced dead, and the sheriff's office described the investigation as ongoing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Hancock County sheriff's office said he died of an apparent heroin overdose after another inmate swallowed drugs and distributed them to other inmates.
Reported by: Hancock County sheriff's office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.