Chillicothe Prison Offender Death Announced

The Missouri Department of Corrections has announced an offender death from this weekend.

According to the Department of Corrections at 1:30 A.M. 49-year-old Margaret Phillips, DOC No. 89615, was pronounced dead at the Chillicothe Correctional Center from apparent natural causes.

Phillips was serving a 10-year sentence for first-degree domestic assault from Scott County. She was received in the Missouri Department of Corrections on February 10, 2022.