Eugene Anderson
Eugene Robert Anderson, 66, was a former college professor. He died in January 2017 after an assault by fellow prisoners in an outdoor recreation area at the Mount Olive Correctional Complex in West Virginia, where a makeshift weapon was recovered. Prosecutors said the attack grew out of a dispute over a Bible verse. The state Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety said the state police were investigating, and no one had been charged at the time of reporting.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Prosecutors say a dispute over a Bible verse led to a fellow inmate stabbing him, and the state's Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety reported an apparent assault by fellow inmates that state police are investigating.
Reported by: West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety (spokesman Lawrence Messina) (the agency that held him); West Virginia State Police (outside investigators); prosecutor.