Richard Wayne Spicknall II
Richard Wayne Spicknall II, 34, was held at Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland when he died on December 9, 2006. He was found unresponsive in a shower at about 7:40 p.m. and was pronounced dead a few minutes later. Corrections spokesman Mark Vernarelli said his death was a homicide, and a state's attorney's office spokesman said he died of asphyxia and that suicide was not suspected. As of the report, no one had been charged, and state police and corrections internal affairs were investigating.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A corrections spokesman called his death a homicide, and a prosecutor's office spokesman said he died of asphyxia and that suicide was not suspected.
Reported by: Department of Correctional Services spokesman Mark Vernarelli (the agency that held him); Anne Arundel County state's attorney's office spokesman Kristin Riggin.