Inmates death at Missouri prison is the third this month, eighth this year
By The Associated Press
LICKING, Mo. (AP) — An investigation continues into the death of a Missouri prison inmate — the third inmate to die at the same lockup this month and the eighth this year. Michael Hudson died Tuesday at a hospital after falling ill at the South Central Correctional Center in the town of Licking. Hudson was serving a life sentence for murder and other crimes in St. Louis. Texas County Coroner Marie Lasater says an autopsy performed Thursday showed that Hudson had intestinal bleeding and gastritis, but it wasn’t clear if that was the cause of death. Toxicology results will take about three weeks. Drugs have been factors in three of the eight deaths. “Natural causes” were blamed in four others.
