Richard Sharpe
Richard Sharpe, 54, was found hanged in his cell at MCI-Norfolk, a state prison in Massachusetts, on a Monday evening in January 2009, according to Department of Correction spokeswoman Diane Wiffin. He was found by his cellmate and declared dead at a hospital. Wiffin said he had tied a bedsheet to the top bunk, but she declined to call the death a suicide, and the cause is under investigation with an autopsy planned. The summary notes that Sharpe had attempted to hang himself in his cell in 2002.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Department of Correction spokeswoman Diane Wiffin said he had tied a bedsheet to the top bunk but declined to call the death a suicide, which remains under investigation.
Reported by: Department of Correction (spokeswoman Diane Wiffin) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.