Died in prison
Name not reported
Four men died in April 2017 in a housing unit for people with mental illness at Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. The Post and Courier reported that two fellow prisoners lured the men into a cell and attacked them, and that the men were strangled and stabbed. The deaths were described as homicides.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Two fellow inmates were charged in the deaths of four men at Kirkland Correctional Institution, and one account says the men were strangled and stabbed after being lured into a cell.
Reported by: news reports.