Atlanta media mogul Tyler Perry said he was “relieved to hear” there was no evidence of foul play in the death of his nephew Gavin Porter.
Porter was found dead Feb. 24 in a cell at Union Parish Detention Center at Farmerville in Louisiana. The 26-year-old reportedly hanged himself.
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Although Union Parish Sheriff Dusty Gates told the News-Star no foul play was suspected, Perry hired Dr. Michael Baden to perform an independent autopsy.
On Friday, Perry posted on Instagram that Baden was “98% sure that there was no foul play” in Porter’s death.
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Porter had been placed in the cell February 22 after being in a fight with several inmates, UGates told the News-Star. He was later found dead of an apparent suicide.
Porter was arrested in October 2016 in the shooting death of his father, Gary Wayne Porter, after the two allegedly got into a fight, according to WAFB. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Porter is the son of Perry’s sister Melva Porter.
Perry wrote last week he had hoped Porter would serve his time and then “come work for me. Where he would join all the other former inmates that work for me and turn his life around, just as they have. But that day will never come.”
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