Joshua McGehee
Joshua McGehee, 40, died on March 27, 2026, at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility, a state prison just west of the city of Ionia, Michigan. According to the Michigan Department of Corrections, he was found unresponsive in his cell, and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The Michigan State Police and the Department of Corrections are investigating his death as a homicide, working with the Ionia County Prosecutor's Office. No cause of death has been reported, and the department has not released information about suspects, though one report names another person held at the prison as a suspect. The death is one of two homicide investigations at the prison this year, according to MLive.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Michigan Department of Corrections and Michigan State Police are investigating his death as a homicide, and a fellow inmate is named as a suspect.
Reported by: Michigan Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Michigan State Police (outside investigators).
Sources (7)
- Michigan inmate found dead in prison cell; police open homicide investigation
- Michigan inmate found dead in prison cell, police investigating homicide
- Inmate’s death at Ionia County prison investigated as homicide
- Michigan prisons grapple with 4th suspected homicide in 5 weeks: 'It's a very big number.'
- Cellmate suspected in inmate’s killing at Ionia prison
- 2nd suspected homicide investigation in 5 months at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Michigan
- Inmate death at Ionia state prison being investigated as homicide