Hancock County inmate dies of overdose

On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, Sheriff Ricky Adam and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office released information relative to the death of an inmate confined within the Hancock County Adult Detention Center.

Although this matter is currently under investigation, preliminary indications are that an unnamed inmate was able to introduce contraband into the correctional facility by concealing the contraband in his gastrointestinal tract.

The inmate later distributed the contraband, believed to be heroin, to other inmates. It is believed that three inmates willingly used the illicit substance, all of which experienced symptoms of heroin overdose and respiratory depression.

Resuscitative efforts were made with all three inmates. One of the three inmates, Sean Russell Overal, 33, Kiln subsequently went into cardiac arrest. Overal was transported to Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock and later Forrest General Hospital, where continued life sustaining measures were unsuccessful. Overal was pronounced dead this morning by the medical staff of Forrest General Hospital.