Colton Mitchell
Colton Mitchell, 36, died on April 15, 2026 at Chippewa Correctional Facility, a state prison in Kincheloe in the Upper Peninsula, after an altercation in his assigned cell, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections. The Michigan State Police are investigating his death as a homicide. A tip to the station claimed he had been stabbed, which the reporting does not confirm. State lawmakers named his death in a May 21 letter to the state corrections director, and the letter gave no cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Michigan Department of Corrections says he died after an altercation in his assigned cell, and Michigan State Police are investigating the death as a homicide; no source reports how the altercation occurred or who was involved.
Reported by: Michigan Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Michigan State Police (outside investigators).
Sources (5)
- MDOC: Death of Chippewa Correctional Facility inmate investigated as murder
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- Leaders are on-site at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility following inmate deaths, MDOC says