Officials are investigating the death of a former rural Dalton (MN) man who was an inmate at the Rush City prison as a homicide.
The state Department of Corrections says officers were doing regular rounds at the Minnesota Correctional Facility and found 56-year-old James Francis Howard with face and head injuries in his cell about 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
Staff began life-saving measures until paramedics arrived. Officers took Howard’s cellmate into custody.
Howard was pronounced dead at 12:20 a.m. Monday.
He was serving a murder sentence for the 2011 death of his mother.
The DOC’s Office of Special Investigations, state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office are investigating.
AP
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