Paul Ferguson
Paul Ferguson died in 2018 while held at the Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron, Missouri. According to a probable cause statement, another man held there beat him to death in an attack believed to have happened in August or September 2018. A later report says that man, identified as Ferguson's cellmate, has been charged with second-degree murder, and that medical examinations found head trauma and thermal burns.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A probable cause statement says another incarcerated man allegedly beat Paul Ferguson to death in an attack in August or September 2018, and medical examinations reported head trauma and thermal burns as the cause.
Reported by: probable cause statement; medical examinations reported in the article.