India, March 26 -- Jarvis Butts, the man convicted of murdering Detroit's Na'Ziyah Harris, died on Thursday at the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jackson. The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) confirmed the prisoner's cause of death in its latest update. This comes after the 43-year-old pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the death of Harris, who was 13 at the time. He was also sentenced for sexually assaulting children, and ordered to serve 35-60 years in prison.

The MDOC stated that Butts' death is currently being reported as suicide. Authorities further added that staff tried to provide life-saving measures to the convicted murdered on Thursday morning. Michigan State Police were called at the scene at ...