Lannie Morgan
Lannie Morgan, 70, of South Bend, died on June 10, 2019, at the Miami Correctional Facility near Bunker Hill, Indiana, where he was held. Prison staff found him not breathing in his cell and he was taken to Dukes Memorial Hospital in Peru, where he later died. Indiana State Police treated the death as a homicide, and an autopsy ruled it suffocation due to smothering. Police later arrested another person held at the prison in connection with the death, and court documents describe that person's account of what happened.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Indiana State Police are treating the death as a homicide, and an autopsy ruled it suffocation due to smothering.
Reported by: Indiana State Police (outside investigators); autopsy.