John Wyatt
John Wyatt, 69, was held at the Western Correctional Institution, a state prison near Cumberland, Maryland, when he died in his cell on September 12, 2014. Prison officials first believed he had died of natural causes. After an autopsy, the Allegany County state's attorney's office said his death was a homicide caused by asphyxiation. In April 2015 a grand jury indicted his cellmate on a first-degree murder charge.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed). Prison officials at Western Correctional Institution first believed he died of natural causes, but the Allegany County state's attorney's office says his cellmate killed him by asphyxiation.
Reported by: Western Correctional Institution officials (the agency that held him); Allegany County state's attorney's office (outside investigators).