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Executed Mississippi inmate said he left letter describing details of unsolved murder

An executed death row inmate said he left a letter that was to be delivered after he died describing details of an unsolved Mississippi murder.

According to MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain, David Cox revealed that he had left behind a mystery letter, possibly relating to the 2007 disappearance of his sister-in-law Felicia Cox.

Cox was pronounced dead at 6:12pm last night related to the gruesome death of Kim Cox in 2010.

Cox did not mention the letter in his last words, which were “I want my children to know that I love them very much and I was a good man at one time. And don’t ever read anything but the King James Bible and I wanna thank the Commissioner for being so kind to me. And that’s all I got to say.”

His last meal was catfish, cornbread, fries and banana pudding.

He was the first Mississippi inmate to be executed since 2012.

Felicia Cox daughter, Amber Miskelly, has said she was informed of the existence of the letter which is to be delivered to an unknown person shortly after Cox execution.

It is not known the exact contents of the letter or who the letter will be delivered to.

Jon R Myers

Jon R Myers is the executive editor of Alcorn County News and the founder of the Mississippi News Group, which he started in 2013 to cover communities across North Mississippi. He also founded the Mississippi Sports Group in 2006, which grew from a single community publication into a statewide network covering high school and college athletics. He reports on local government, public safety, schools and community life in Corinth and Alcorn County, working from public meetings, agency records and interviews with the people involved. Contact him at editor@alcornnewsms.com with news tips or corrections. For a correction, include the article link and supporting source material.

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