WARTBURG, Tenn. (AP) — A state prisons spokeswoman says it appears an inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex hanged himself in a cell.
Michael Sean Allen was found with a bedsheet around his neck late Monday morning when his cellmate returned from a class.
Tennessee Department of Correction spokeswoman Dorinda Carter said autopsy results are pending, according to The Knoxville News Sentinel.
Carter said Allen, who was 28, had apparently tied the sheet to a cabinet and lowered his body to strangle himself.
Allen was described as a model inmate who was taking pre-release counseling and had a parole hearing scheduled for March.
He was serving a sentence for attempted robbery and theft of property from Knox County.
___
Information from: The Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com
Michael Sean Allen was found with a bedsheet around his neck late Monday morning when his cellmate returned from a class.
Tennessee Department of Correction spokeswoman Dorinda Carter said autopsy results are pending, according to The Knoxville News Sentinel.
Carter said Allen, who was 28, had apparently tied the sheet to a cabinet and lowered his body to strangle himself.
Allen was described as a model inmate who was taking pre-release counseling and had a parole hearing scheduled for March.
He was serving a sentence for attempted robbery and theft of property from Knox County.
___
Information from: The Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com
