Dyteon Simpson, who was sentenced to life in jail for the homicide of LSU basketball participant Wayde Sims, was discovered unresponsive in a Louisiana jail.
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BATON ROUGE, La. — A person just lately sentenced to life in jail for the homicide of an LSU basketball star has died from an obvious drug overdose.
The Advocate experiences, citing authorities in Baton Rouge, that Dyteon Simpson, 23, was discovered unresponsive about 8 p.m. Sunday on the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail. Staffers had been unable to revive him and he was later pronounced useless, sheriff’s spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks stated.
Simpson was from Baker. He had been convicted within the deadly taking pictures of LSU basketball participant Wayde Sims.
Authorities stated Simpson shot Sims, 20, within the face with a 9 mm pistol after Sims intervened throughout a battle to defend a pal exterior a fraternity get together simply off the Southern College campus on Sept. 28, 2018.
Simpson was arrested the subsequent day whereas driving within the entrance passenger seat of his girlfriend’s automobile the. A 9 mm pistol discovered below that seat matched the bullet recovered from Sims’ physique and a shell casing recovered from the taking pictures scene, prosecutors stated.
Simpson was formally sentenced to life in jail, the obligatory sentence for second-degree homicide, final week.
Hicks stated a preliminary toxicology on Simpson’s physique confirmed indicators of fentanyl. The East Baton Rouge coroner will conduct an investigation.
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