MIAMI COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) – Indiana State Police (ISP) is investigating after they say an 82-year-old inmate recently died at the Miami Correctional Facility, the third death reported at the prison this month.
An ISP spokesperson says the department’s Criminal Investigations Division at the Peru Post started an investigation into 82-year-old Billy A. Wilson’s death on Friday, April 17.
No further information about Wilson’s death was shared. ISP says an autopsy will be completed to determine the exact cause of death.
Wilson was sentenced to 48 years in 2022 after he shot and killed his neighbor in Wayne County in 2020 while the property line between their homes was being surveyed, according to the Associated Press.
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Wilson’s death marks the third reported at the facility in April.
Earlier this month, ISP said 50-year-old Shawn L. Booker of Fort Wayne and 55-year-old Tuan Van Bui of Vietnam, an ICE detainee, died while in custody at the prison.
Details about what led to either of the men’s deaths have yet to be shared.
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