Scott Wonoski
Scott Wonoski, 43, of Worcester, was held at the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater. Around 10:38 p.m. on April 13, 2021, corrections officers responded to a reported altercation in a bathroom and found him unresponsive and bleeding. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, where he was pronounced dead just after 1 a.m. The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide from blunt force injuries. A jury later convicted another man held at the facility of involuntary manslaughter in connection with his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide from blunt force injuries to the head and torso, and a fellow inmate was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with it.
Reported by: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Plymouth County District Attorney's Office.
News reports (7)
- Man Found Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter In Beating Death Of Fellow Inmate At Massachusetts Treatment Center In Bridgewater – Plymouth County District Attorney's Office
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- Man convicted of killing fellow inmate at Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater
- Gloucester man convicted of beating fellow inmate to death at Bridgewater facility in 2021
- Inmate Convicted Of Beating Fellow Inmate To Death At Massachusetts Treatment Center In Bridgewater Sent To State Prison – Plymouth County District Attorney's Office
- Man convicted of killing fellow inmate at Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater sentenced to prison
- Gloucester man to serve decade behind bars for death of fellow inmate