by Tyler Perry‘s nephew appears to have killed himself behind bars — but the answer officials are giving the family doesn’t have them convinced it wasn’t foul play.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the filmmaker’s 26-year-old nephew, Gavin Porter, was found dead in his cell Tuesday night at a prison facility near St. Helena Parish in Louisiana. We’re told Gavin’s immediate family — which includes Tyler’s sister, who’s Gavin’s mom — was told by prison officials he had hanged himself with a bedsheet while in solitary confinement. MORE
