Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Willie Hollinghead

36 years old · died August 4, 2018 · South Mississippi Correctional Institution, Greene County, Mississippi

Willie Hollinghead, 36, died at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville, Mississippi. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said his death is one of five unrelated deaths under investigation at the facility. According to prison officials, an autopsy will determine the cause and manner of death, which had not been established when the report was published.

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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