CHICAGO - A mother is left trying to figure out how her son died and still has no answers. The 23-year-old was in custody at Stateville Correctional Facility when he died, but how it happened is still a mystery.

What we know:

Latina Perry says her son Donte Everton Jr. wasn't perfect. This time, he was back behind bars in September and was supposed to be out on Oct. 6, but now that won't happen.

"He was strangled. It's indentations, and it's bruising around his neck," Perry said, referring to how her son's body appears. "There are no marks on his face. He looks good. He looks just the same – my same moody face."

In images Perry shared, it appears that something was around her son's neck.

Perry received a text message on Oct. 1 informing her of her son's death on Sept. 30. Perry says

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