Copiah County Miss. – The Mississippi Link

Female inmate who died in police car bled out

July 25, 2013 Kermit 0

A female inmate who died in the back of a police car while being transported to a hospital had fractured ribs causing her to bleed out, the Copiah County coroner said.

Coroner Ellis Stewart said 40-year-old Stephanie Fay Howell fell about a week before she was taken into custody around July 9 or 10, WLBT reported. Howell suffered fractured ribs and one of her ribs went into her spleen, which caused a slow bleed, according to the coroner.

Copiah County Sheriff Harold Jones says Howell died in a police car outside a doctor’s office on July 12. […]

Miss. inmate challenges death sentence

November 30, 2012 Kermit 0

Mississippi death row inmate Ricky Chase continues to argue he is mentally incapacitated and shouldn’t be put to death for a 1990 killing.

A Copiah County judge ruled against him in 2010, but the case is headed back to the state Supreme Court.

Chase’s appeal is one of two death penalty cases scheduled for oral arguments during the court’s November-December term.
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Missing woman, Linda Gale Reed, arrested in Texas

October 30, 2012 Kermit Comments Off

A woman first reported missing in April by her employer and family, and later accused of embezzlement, has been arrested in Longview, Texas.

After more than seven months and much speculation, Copiah County Sheriff Harold Jones says Linda Gale Reed is in his custody. […]

Missing woman now wanted for embezzlement

October 19, 2012 Kermit 0

Linda Gale Reed, a Copiah County woman last seen on April 29, is now wanted for embezzlement of $20,000 from her employer.

Sheriff Harold Jones said Tuesday at a news conference that the 65-year-old Reed had “sole control” of the petty cash fund at Moore’s Fabrications. Jones said an accountant hired by the company and a FBI forensic accountant found the money missing from 2010 petty cash fund. […]