Robert Munger
Robert Munger, 70, was held at Airway Heights Corrections Center in Spokane County, Washington, when he was attacked in June 2020. Court records and a Washington State Patrol investigation report that his cellmate beat him and that he died of a fractured skull on June 5, 2020, after being taken to a hospital, and the cellmate later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The cellmate says he asked staff for a new cellmate and that a call button got no response, while the Department of Corrections says its protocols were followed and an independent review found that screeners did not know the two men were connected. The State Patrol investigation said screening protocols were followed, and the cellmate's claim that corrections officers set him up was not supported by that report.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). The Washington State Patrol investigation and the prosecutor say his cellmate, Shane Goldsby, beat him to death, and Goldsby pleaded guilty to second-degree murder; the cellmate says he asked staff for a new cellmate and got no response from a call button, while the Department of Corrections says screening protocols were followed and found screeners did not know the two men were connected.
Reported by: Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Washington State Patrol (outside investigators); Cowlitz County Prosecutor (outside investigators); Spokesman-Review and KHQ reporting (reporters); court documents obtained by KHQ (court).
News reports (10)
- Convicted Kelso child rapist serving prison sentence beaten, dies Friday
- Convicted child rapist beaten to death in Wash. state prison
- 70-year-old convicted rapist fatally beaten in Washington state prison
- Convicted child rapist beaten to death by fellow inmates in Washington state prison
- KHQ Investigates: Why was an Airway Heights Corrections inmate housed in the same cell as his sister's rapist?
- Airway Heights prisoner faces murder charge for killing cellmate – his sister’s abuser - The Spokesman-Review
- Felon who killed cellmate for sexually abusing his sister gets more than 24 years in prison - The Spokesman-Review
- Inmate sentenced to nearly 25 years apologizes after killing his cellmate, who happened to be the man who raped his sister
- Prisoner said he realized cellmate raped his sister, so he killed him, WA officials say
- Man killed fellow prisoner who raped his sister after chance meeting behind bars