Renaldo Jones
Family told the Portland Press Herald that Renaldo Jones was looking forward to getting out and starting fresh. In January 2022 he was held at the Windham prison in Maine when his cellmate alerted staff, and a corrections officer found him unconscious on the floor of his cell. He was taken to a hospital with a severe brain injury, stayed there for more than four months, and died in May 2022 after being placed on hospice care. Assistant Attorney General Bud Ellis said the cause of death was severe brain injury and the manner was homicide. In September 2025 the cellmate pleaded guilty to murder in his death, and the prosecutor said the case would have been proven at trial.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Assistant Attorney General Bud Ellis says the death was a homicide from severe brain injury, and his cellmate later pleaded guilty to murder in his death.
Reported by: Assistant Attorney General Bud Ellis.