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Secrecy, Inaccurate Records Stymie Families’ Search for Truth in Missouri Prison Deaths

Summary by The Appeal
Tammy Reed doesn’t believe the body described in her son’s autopsy is his. In 2024, she filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections (MODOC) over Brandon Pace’s April 2023 death at the Tipton Correctional Center in central Missouri. Pace died after an officer from the Correctional Emergency Response Team sprayed Pace with a “fire extinguisher-sized” can of pepper spray, according to the lawsuit, which was f…

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The Appeal broke the news in on Monday, February 2, 2026.
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