Nov 04, 2024

Inmate at Chillicothe women's prison dies of apparent natural causes

Posted Nov 04, 2024 5:17 PM

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

A 61-year-old inmate at the women’s prison in Chillicothe has died of apparent natural causes.

Officials with the Chillicothe Correctional Center report Sheila Phillips died Sunday morning.

Phillips was sentenced to prison in March of 2024, serving a six-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter, armed criminal action, and tampering with physical evidence from Stone County. Phillips was also serving time for abandonment of a corpse from Dade County.

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