Jackson County inmate facing manslaughter charges after last week’s jail fight
The Jackson County Jail inmate who was critically injured during a fight with another inmate last week died this afternoon.
Sheriff Mike Ezell says 47-year-old Donald Ratcliff of Ocean Springs passed away around 4:45. He was hospitalized at USA Medical Center in Mobile.
The sheriff says on April 26th, corrections officers responded to the fight in one of the dayrooms. Ratcliff was unconscious and medical staff started treatment before he was sent to the hospital.
Manslaughter charges are pending against 27-year-old Christopher Gholar.
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and sheriff’s investigators are working together on the investigation.
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