Officials: Mississippi man dies after getting stuck in window trying to get keys in locked camper

Published 5:37 am Sunday, July 25, 2021

A Mississippi man was found dead Friday night after he apparently got stuck trying to get inside a locked camper.

The Monroe County 911 received a call at approximately 10:40 p.m. from a resident in the Chapel Grove Road area telling officers that his neighbor was stuck in the window of a camper.

When officers and EMS personnel arrived at the scene, they found Dennis Parker, 54, deceased, according to local news sources.

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Investigators believe Parker locked his keys inside the camper and was stood on a chair to climb in one of the camper’s small window to gain access.

Parker apparently then got stuck in the window and died from asphyxiation, officials report.