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SMCI inmate serving life dies
JACKSON, MS – An inmate serving life at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution has died at an off-site hospital.
Johnny Townsend, 56, was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at Greene County Hospital in Leakesville. He is suspected to have died from natural causes. The official cause of death is pending an autopsy by a medical examiner who operates independently of MDOC.
Townsend, MDOC #43737, was sentenced May 27, 2011, for capital murder in Jackson County.
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