MALONE, N.Y. (WCAX) – New York State Police is investigating the death of an inmate.
Police say around 9p.m. Thursday they responded to the Upstate Correctional Facility on Bare Hill Rd in Malone for the suspicious death of an inmate.
35-year-old Antawon Johnson was found unconscious in his cell after being attacked by his cellmate, 28-year-old Arkies Sommerville.
The Franklin County Coroner later pronounced Johnson dead.
An autopsy has now found that Johnson died by asphyxiation due to strangulation — the manner of death has been ruled a homicide.
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