Jeffrey Craig
Jeffrey Curtis Craig, 51, died in his cell at the South Central Regional Jail in West Virginia in early September 2018. WCHS reported he was found unresponsive on a Monday morning and pronounced dead about 30 minutes later, and that an initial investigation indicated possible head injuries. State Police said another man held at the jail admitted to a fight with him days earlier, and that man was charged with murder. A later WV MetroNews report said that man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and that a judge said the two men had earlier altercations and had been instructed not to be housed together.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). State Police and a criminal complaint say another inmate beat Craig to death in his cell, and a judge said the two men had earlier altercations and had been instructed not to be housed together.
Reported by: West Virginia State Police (outside investigators); Kanawha County Magistrate Court criminal complaint (court); Kanawha County Circuit Court (court); Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman (the agency that held him).