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JACKSON, MS – Two state inmates sentenced for sex crimes have died at off-site hospitals.
In each case, the cause and the manner of death are pending an autopsy, and the determinations are made by local coroners—independent of MDOC.
Alex Jackie Pearson, 70, MDOC #225047, died early Thursday morning at Greene County Hospital in Leakesville. He was found guilty by a jury in Hancock County on August 29, 2019, for seven counts of sexual battery and two counts of unlawful touching of a child. Pearson was serving a 45-year sentence at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution.
Eric Alan Joosepson, 72, MDOC #129760 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, died Sunday afternoon. He was pronounced dead at Greenwood Leflore County Hospital. Joosepson was sentenced on June 1, 2007, to serve 15 years after pleading guilty to two counts of fondling in Lowndes County. Release of this inmates identity was pending family notification.
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