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Christian Maire

died January 2, 2019 · Federal Correctional Institution Milan, Milan, Michigan

Christian Maire was a married father of two from New York. He was held at the federal prison in Milan, Michigan, when other people held there attacked him in January 2019. According to federal prosecutors, as laid out in a plea agreement, he was kicked, stomped and stabbed, and his body was thrown down a flight of metal stairs. One man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the case, and two co-defendants' cases were still pending when the Detroit Free Press reported on it in February 2022.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Federal prosecutors and Adam Wright's plea agreement say fellow prisoners kicked, stomped and stabbed Maire and threw his body down a flight of metal stairs.

Reported by: federal prosecutors; Adam Wright's plea agreement.

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