India, March 26 -- Jarvis Butts, who murdered a 13-year-old Na'Ziyah Harris, was found dead in his cell at the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jackson on Thursday. This comes two weeks after the 43-year-old was sentenced to 35 to 60 years in prison for the murder of the Detroit teen. He pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder charge and also faced years for sexually assaulting other minors.

Polic said that the prison staff'provided life-saving measures which were unsuccessful' early in the morning. Butts' death is being reported as a suicide. Butts pleaded guilty to murdering Harris in 2024, after impregnating her, prosecutors said. That is when his text messages with the victim came into light.

Na'Ziyah's body has no...