Died in prison
Brad Hamlin
Brad Hamlin, 24, died in 2012 at a state prison in Toledo, Ohio, after another person held there strangled him, according to a court record following that person's guilty plea in July 2013. The other person was given another life sentence. Hamlin's mother asked the court why the man accused of killing her son had been housed with non-violent prisoners. The death is classed as a homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). A fellow inmate strangled Hamlin, who was held at the state prison in Toledo, and the inmate pleaded guilty; Hamlin's mother asked in court why the killer was housed with non-violent inmates.
Reported by: court; Hamlin's mother (family or their lawyers).