Nicholas Anderson
Nicholas Anderson, 27, died on January 22, 2017, while held at Santa Rosa Correctional Institution, a state prison in Milton, Florida. According to the State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida, his cellmate bound him, strangled him and cut his neck in their cell. The cellmate later pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Anderson's death, and the Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The State Attorney's Office says his cellmate strangled him with bed sheets, and the Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as homicide.
Reported by: State Attorney's Office; Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).
News reports (7)
- Inmate Mortality, fiscal year 2016-2017, archived
- Man sentenced to death for murdering cellmate in prison
- Santa Rosa County inmate enters guilty plea for murder of cellmate - WEAR-TV
- Death Row Inmate Pleads Guilty To Murdering Cellmate
- Man sentenced to death for murder of Santa Rosa County inmate
- Florida prisoner gets 2nd death sentence for killing fellow inmate
- Prisoner convicted of murdering cellmate