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Thaddeus Scales

died October 17, 2020 · South Mississippi Correctional Institution, Greene County, Mississippi

Thaddeus Scales was held at South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Greene County, Mississippi. According to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Scales died on October 17, 2020, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The department said the cause of death was pending an autopsy, and no cause had been determined when WLBT reported the death on October 23, 2020.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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