An inmate who briefly escaped from custody on September 11th, 2024, has been found deceased while in Mississippi Department of Corrections custody.
Ryan Burks, age 39, has been confirmed as deceased by a spokesperson by Mississippi Department of Corrections.
At this time, the MDOC spokesperson did not offer any details about the circumstances surrounding Burks’s death, including how or where it occured. Any questions concerning the details of his passing are currently being directed to the Mississippi Medical Examiner.
Earlier in September, Burks escaped from Carroll County’s facility and was apprehended in Oxford and brought back into custody, along with a kitchen manager from the prison.
In 2006, Burks had been sentenced to 30 years for a crime committed during his teenage years in Tippah County.
More information will be released as it becomes available.