1-8-2009 Indiana:PENDLETON — Prison and county officials are investigating the death of a convicted rapist at Pendleton Correctional Facility late Tuesday, but don’t suspect wrongdoing.
Neil Potter, prison spokesman, identified the inmate as Anthony C. Kamman, 34. He declined further comment until an autopsy is performed Thursday at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
Madison County Sheriff Ron Richardson said an ambulance was dispatched to the prison shortly before 7 p.m.
Coroner Ned Dunnichay said officials with his department were called to Saint John’s Medical Center at about 9 p.m. Kamman was pronounced dead at the hospital. Dunnichay said there were no obvious signs of trauma. Foul play is not suspected in Kamman’s death. Dunnichay said Kamman was discovered in his prison cell.
Kamman was sentenced to 50 years in prison in May after being convicted of rape. He was charged with the crime in 2004, according to the Indiana Department of Correction.
He was scheduled to be released in November 2031, according to the DOC. He has previous convictions for burglary, possession of marijuana and maintaining a common nuisance.
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What’s next? An autopsy is planned Thursday for Anthony C. Kamman, a Pendleton Correctional Facility inmate who died late Tuesday. ..News Source.. by The Hearld Bulletin
Inmate With Local Ties Had Cocaine, Heroin In His System
PENDLETON — A Pendleton prison inmate found dead in his cell in January died of an overdose of illegal drugs, according to toxicology test results.
Madison County Coroner Ned Dunnichay said Pendleton Correctional Facility inmate Anthony C. Kamman’s death was caused by combined drug intoxication, and has been ruled
accidental.
The coroner said Kamman, 34, had cocaine, methadone and heroin in his system. He had ingested enough of each drug that any of the three could have been lethal, Dunnichay said.
Kamman was found unresponsive in his cell on Jan. 6, and pronounced dead at Saint John’s Medical Center a few hours later.
An autopsy performed two days later proved inconclusive and officials awaited toxicology test results before ruling on the cause and manner of Kamman’s death. Dunnichay previously said there were no signs of foul play and drug overdose was suspected.
Neil Potter, Pendleton prison spokesman, learned of the toxicology results when contacted by The Anderson Herald Bulletin late Thursday, and didn’t know the status of any potential investigation into how Kamman got the drugs.
“I don’t know the specifics in regard to any internal investigation,” Potter said.
Kamman, who was born and raised in Decatur County, was sentenced to 50 years in prison in May 2008 after being convicted of rape in Jennings County. He was charged with the crime in 2004, according to the Indiana Department of Correction.
He was scheduled to be released in November 2031, according to the DOC.
Kamman also had previous convictions for burglary, possession of marijuana and maintaining a common nuisance. ..Source.. by Shawn McGrath
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