West Plains, MO. – An inmate died Sunday morning at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri.
At 12:59 a.m. on April 9, 2023, offender Nathan Emery was pronounced dead at South Central Correctional Center. Emery was a 25-year-old offender serving a 5-year sentence for possession of a controlled substance exceeding 35 grams from Ray County, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Emery was received in the Missouri Department of Corrections on September 10, 2020.
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An autopsy is set to be conducted to determine the cause of death.
In 2022, a wave of deaths of young inmates of SCCC was determined to be fentanyl overdoses and drugs laced with animal tranquilizers.
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