Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office: No hold placed on murder suspect

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A statement from the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office and District Attorney’s office said there was, in fact, no hold on Joshua Murry before his release from the department of corrections.

Murry was released last week after MDOC said he was eligible for parole. That’s because they only charge they had for him was a drug charge.

Joshua Murry

The sheriff’s office said they thought a hold was placed on Murry after he was arraigned for first degree murder in the death of Jarrel Ward.

It turned out there was in no hold placed on him for that charge meaning MDOC had no other reasons to keep in locked up.

Murry did turn himself in to deputies.

Since the mix up the sheriff’s office said new policies and procedures were put in place in an effort to keep this from happening again.

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