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Michael Bolton

died October 12, 2006 · Brickeys prison unit, Arkansas

Michael Bolton was held at a state prison unit near Brickeys, Arkansas. A prison spokeswoman said an argument that began during a basketball game led another man held there to stab him in a dormitory with a small paring knife. Michael died the next morning at a hospital in Forrest City. The prison said the knife had apparently been found in a field months earlier and smuggled into the unit. The prison said the other man was placed in isolation and was to be moved.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A prison spokeswoman said another inmate stabbed him with a small paring knife after an argument that began during a basketball game.

Reported by: prison spokeswoman. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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