Offender Death At Chillicothe Correction Center

A detainee at the Chillicothe Correction Center died Monday afternoon.  The Missouri Department of Correction reports 67-year-old Joyce Burgess was serving a 15-year sentence for second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Burgess had been taken to Hedrick Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.  An autopsy will be conducted.

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