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| Family Doubts Jail Suicide |
| By The Biloxi Sun Herald |
| Published: 03/13/2006 |
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Marilyn Hubbard is asking the NAACP to investigate her Mississippi's husband's hanging death at the Moss Point city jail because she says "he had too much to live for." "My husband was a cheerful man and he loved life," the 50-year-old Hubbard said last week. "I know he didn't commit suicide. Anybody who believes in God doesn't kill themselves." Jesse Earl Hubbard, 51, was found dead in a jail cell last week. Jackson County Coroner Vicki Broadus said an autopsy confirmed the death was a suicide. She went a step further, saying, "I don't want anyone to get any ideas that foul play was involved, that anyone at the jail had anything to do with it." NAACP President Curley Clark said his organization is looking into Hubbard's death. Police Chief Demetrius Drakeford said officers arrested Hubbard on misdemeanor charges of public drunk and disorderly conduct. Typically, an intoxicated person is held at least eight hours to sober up. Drakeford said he couldn't provide any details because of the ongoing investigation. That investigation continues, but Drakeford did say that he's confident the evidence will show none of his officers did anything to cause Hubbard's death. Drakeford also welcomed other inquiries. "The family or anyone the family deems necessary to investigate, we welcome it," he said. "We want to assure them that there won't be any cover-ups. We want them to know that we're on their side." Still, Marilyn Hubbard says she knows her husband, who worked at Ingalls Shipbuilding for years and once served as an assistant pastor at a Moss Point church, did not want to die. She said he planned to fix the transmission on his vehicle, giving her $150 for the work when she last saw him alive. |
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