BROWNING ON BUSINESS Inside, See page 4A ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI C DISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY THURSDAY | AUGUST 20, 2015 Grand jury: No charges in death of man in custody Investigation ered in blood at the home and cause they claimed no one Family of Columbus man who died in police looked into the then fled. Authorities found from the LCSD reached out custody awaiting results of second autopsy death. A MBI of- Guyton “bleeding profusely to them in the hours following ficial presented from his body” shortly after Guyton’s death. BY ISABELLE ALTMAN anyone following Guyton’s the department’s the burglary and transported Kamal Karriem, who is close findings to the
[email protected] death, which occurred in law him to Baptist Memorial Hos- with the family, says the family grand jury. The pital-Golden Triangle, where enforcement custody on Dec. is still waiting on the results of No criminal charges will be jury ultimately he was treated. He spent two 21. decided to not Guyton days in jail before being trans- a second autopsy. Specifically, filed relating to the December Guyton, 41, of 1173 Yorkville pursue criminal ported back to the hospital, they are waiting on a toxicol- death of Orlando Guyton. Road, was in custody following charges. where he died. ogy report, Karriem told The Lowndes County Circuit his arrest after a home bur- The tenant at the home Guy- At the time, Guyton’s fam- Dispatch on Wednesday. Court records show an August glary on Applewood Drive. ton allegedly burglarized told ily members were concerned The family could not be grand jury chose not to indict The Mississippi Bureau of authorities Guyton was cov- about the cause of death be- reached for comment.