Autopsy confirms inmate’s cause of death
According to the most recent jail report card, 1,774 inmates were put on suicide watch in 2024, a nearly 200% increase over 2023. (Courtesy Shelby County Sheriff’s Office)
Sherman Weakley, 22, died by suicide, according to his official autopsy.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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