Died in prison
Curtis Wise
Curtis Wise, 22, died on December 19, 2001, while held at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Pittsburg County District Attorney Jim Bob Miller said his cellmate strangled him with a shoestring. A prosecutor's report and letters the cellmate wrote, both quoted in a news article, describe the killing. The cellmate was later sentenced to death, and the article connects that case to an execution now scheduled.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Pittsburg County District Attorney said his cellmate strangled him with a shoe string at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
Reported by: Pittsburg County District Attorney Jim Bob Miller.