CARLISLE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Indiana State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility as a homicide.
According to a release from ISP, prison staff found 32-year-old Jeremiah Roberts of Nacogdoches, Texas, unresponsive in his cell around 6 a.m. Sunday. Roberts died before reaching the local hospital via ambulance.
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Investigators suspect foul play and are investigating Roberts’ death as a homicide at this time.
Roberts had been imprisoned within the Indiana Department of Corrections system since January 2017.
This investigation is ongoing. Follow WTWO/WAWV for more updates.