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Torrie Ellis

40 years old · died May 20, 2021 · Marshall County Correctional Facility, Marshall County, Mississippi

Torrie Ellis, 40, was held at the Marshall County Correctional Facility in north Mississippi. According to the facility, three people held there assaulted him in an outdoor walkway on May 12, 2021. He was taken to a hospital in Memphis, where he died on May 20, 2021. The facility said an investigation was underway and that an autopsy would determine the cause of death, which remains pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The facility said three people held there assaulted him in an outdoor walkway on May 12, 2021, and an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.

Reported by: Marshall County Correctional Facility (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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