William Sherry
William Sherry, 28, died on August 4, 2012, at the Cambria County Prison in Pennsylvania, hours after he was moved into a cell with another man. Prosecutors said his cellmate strangled him with a torn strip of bedsheet and tried to make the death look like a suicide. An autopsy, as reported by NBC10 Philadelphia, found he had been beaten before he was strangled. The defense argued the cellmate acted in the heat of the moment without intending to kill him.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Prosecutors say his new cellmate strangled him with a torn bedsheet hours after he was moved into the cell, and the autopsy found he had been beaten before he was strangled; the defense argues the cellmate acted in the heat of the moment without intending to kill.
Reported by: Cambria County prosecutors; Dr. Curtis Goldblatt (autopsy) (medical examiner or coroner); defense.