India, March 26 -- Jarvis Butts, the man convicted of murdering a 13-year-old Na'Ziyah Harris and sexually assaulting minors, died in prison. He was 43 years old. The Michigan Department of Corrections confirmed that Butts died Thursday morning at the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jacksonm, further adding that his cause of death is being investigated as a suicide. The Michigan State Police were called at the scene at about 6:45 AM local time.

"MDOC staff provided life-saving measures which were unsuccessful. The Michigan State Police have been called to the facility to investigate; the death is currently being reported as a suicide," officials said in a statement.

Only earlier this month, Butts was sentenced to 35 to 5...