Teen stomped to death in Mississippi jail, coroner says
Sheriff Tyree Jones said an administrative probe and a state criminal investigation are underway after an officer was placed on leave with pay.
- Hinds County Coroner Jeremiah Howard confirmed Thursday that 18-year-old Mielun Butler was stomped to death inside the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond last week, with shoe prints visible on his head.
- Butler had been held on a $1 million bond following his July 2 arrest for the murder of Melvin Edwards at the Pine Ridge Garden Apartments, charged as the second suspect in the case.
- Sheriff Tyree Jones confirmed Monday that a viral social media video showing Butler beaten and lying face down on concrete is authentic; an officer has been placed on administrative leave with pay.
- Jones stated the Mississippi Bureau is conducting a criminal investigation while his office handles administrative review; he declined to name the officer or confirm if they provided the recording device.
- Federal judge Carlton Reeves will hold a hearing Friday to discuss jail conditions, while a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ordered the sheriff's office to release death records withheld for over a year.
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Teen murder suspect stomped to death and filmed dying in Mississippi jail: coroner
Mielun Butler, 18, was found stomped to death two days after he was booked in Hinds County Detention Center on July 1 on a murder charge for the fatal shooting of Melvin Edwards, 32, at the notoriously dangerous Pine Ridge Garden Apartments in Jackson last month.
Detention officer on leave days after detainee killed at Hinds County jail
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – An officer at the Hinds County Detention Center has been placed on administrative leave, days after a detainee was killed at the facility, Sheriff Tyree Jones said. Last week, Mielun Butler was beaten to death inside the jail, just a day after he had been given a $1 million bond in connection with the shooting death of Melvin Edwards. [READ: Suspect in Rebel Woods Drive shooting killed at Raymond Detention Center] Jones …
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