Larry Horton
Larry Horton, 51, died on January 10, 2026, at North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland, where he was held. Correctional staff found him unresponsive in his cell, and emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead. The Maryland State Police are investigating the death as a homicide, and police have identified another person held at the prison as a suspect, though that person has not been named. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death, and one report lists the manner as a homicide pending that review.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Maryland State Police are investigating his death as a homicide and have identified another incarcerated man as a suspect, while the medical examiner has listed the death as a homicide pending the autopsy.
Reported by: Maryland State Police (outside investigators); Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner).
Custody: Serving a sentence.
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- Inmate violence at Maryland State Prison leads to second murder within a month
- Another man killed at Maryland’s deadliest prison
- Police investigate inmate death at NBCI
- Maryland State Police: Police Investigating Death at State Prison in Allegany County
- Maryland Prison Violence Continues with Latest Death -
- Investigation Underway After Inmate Death at North Branch Correctional in Cumberland
- Inmate death at Jessup prison marks Maryland’s 6th in 2 months
- 7 inmates died in Maryland state prisons in 2 months. Why?
- Maryland state prisons saw 22 inmate homicides in the last two years
- Maryland state prisons saw forty-six inmate homicides since 2015, twenty-two were in the last two years
- Fourth inmate death in nine months under investigation at Allegany prison
- Maryland state prisons saw forty-six inmate homicides since 2015, twenty-two were in the last two years
- Maryland prisons saw 46 inmate homicides since 2015; 22 were in the last two years