Inmate dies at central Mississippi prison

Published 9:00 am Thursday, April 26, 2012

Mississippi corrections officials are investigating the death of an inmate at the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility.

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The body of 21-year-old Dario Moore of Bruce was found Monday at the prison in central Mississippi. Corrections officials said Moore died of an apparent suicide but an investigation is continuing.

Mississippi Department of Corrections records show Moore was serving 10 years for sexual battery and burglary from Calhoun County.