Marquise Weatherington
Marquise Weatherington, 32, died at Lebanon Correctional Institution in Ohio in December 2023. He was found unresponsive in his cell on the morning of December 7 and taken to the prison infirmary, where he was pronounced dead. The Warren County Coroner, Dr. Russell Uptegrove, said he had obvious trauma to his body and that some type of blunt force trauma may be involved. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the death as a possible homicide, and a later WHIO report says the Warren County Prosecutor's Office described an attack by another person held at the prison in his cell on December 6.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Warren County Prosecutor's Office says another person held at Lebanon Correctional Institution violently attacked him in his cell, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating it as a possible homicide.
Reported by: Warren County Prosecutor's Office; Ohio State Highway Patrol (outside investigators); Warren County Coroner Dr. Russell Uptegrove (medical examiner or coroner).