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Inmate strangled cellmate to death at Broad River Correctional, report says

An inmate at a South Carolina prison is facing a murder charge after another inmate was found dead in his cell.
Credit: SC Department of Corrections

COLUMBIA, S.C. — An inmate at a South Carolina prison is facing a murder charge after another inmate was found dead in his cell.

Walter M. Glass is accused of strangling another inmate to death using a bed sheet on January 6. Glass and the victim, Isaac Starke, both shared a cell at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia.

According to an incident report, Glass "secured a knotted portion of a bed sheet around the victim's neck, pinned the victim to the floor with his fet on the victim's head and chest."

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