Man Charged in Priest's Death Found Dead in Jail

By: Associated Press | WKRG
Published: January 26, 2012

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JACKSON, Mississippi --

Mississippi corrections officials say a man accused killing a Catholic priest and setting off in his car on a Disney vacation has been found dead in a prison cell of an apparent suicide.

Jeremy Wayne Manieri, 33, was charged with shooting the Rev. Ed Everitt of Hammond, La., in July 2011 at a beach house in Waveland, Miss.

Manieri's attorney, Brian Alexander, confirmed that he was found dead early Thursday morning. Manieri was being held at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County.