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Eugene Anderson

died January 2017 · Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Mount Olive, West Virginia

Eugene Anderson died in January 2017 after he was stabbed at Mount Olive prison in West Virginia. Prosecutors say the attack grew out of a dispute that began over a Bible verse. Prosecutors have described his death as a homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Prosecutors say another man held at the Mount Olive prison stabbed Anderson to death after a dispute that began over a Bible verse.

Reported by: prosecutor.

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