Laderick Cornellius Chappel
Laderick Cornellius Chappel, 33, died early on August 10, 2012, at a Georgia state prison after he was thrown from the second floor of a dormitory. Investigators said a fight broke out after he confronted five men he believed had stolen food he had bought from the prison store, and that he was thrown during that fight. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Special Agent Tom Davis and the state crime lab's autopsy report attributed his death to blunt trauma from the fall, and the autopsy classified it as a homicide. Prison officials said one guard was in the dormitory and that people had not yet been locked down at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The GBI says five people held at the prison threw him from a second-floor dormitory during a fight, and the Georgia Bureau Crime Lab autopsy attributed his death to blunt trauma from the fall.
Reported by: Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Tom Davis (outside investigators); Georgia Bureau Crime Lab autopsy report (medical examiner or coroner).