Brian Bell
Brian Bell, 42, died on July 26, 2025, at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup, where he was being held. The Maryland State Police announced the death in a news release, and its Homicide Unit investigated after the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services referred the case. According to WMAR 2 News, a corrections officer found blood on Brian and on another person who had been in his cell, and both were taken to hospitals, where Brian was pronounced dead. Police identified the other person as a suspect, but no charges had been filed and police had not revealed the cause of death. The Baltimore Banner later reported that state police were still investigating his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Maryland State Police say Brian Bell was found covered in blood in his cell and his cellmate, considered a suspect, was taken to a hospital; no charges have been filed and the investigation is ongoing.
Reported by: Maryland State Police (outside investigators); Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (the agency that held him).