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2. Convicted Baton Rouge serial killer Kenneth Gleason found dead at Angola from suicide, DOC says

Source: The Advocate

Convicted Baton Rouge serial killer Kenneth Gleason found dead at Angola from suicide, DOC says

BY LEA SKENE | STAFF WRITER SEP 22, 2021 - 2:53 PM

About a month after he was sentenced to life without parole for the killings of two Black men, convicted Baton Rouge serial killer Kenneth Gleason killed himself shortly after his transfer to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, prison officials say.

A Department of Corrections spokesman said Gleason "committed suicide at the prison around midnight Wednesday. While making routine rounds, correctional officers discovered Gleason unresponsive and hanging in his cell."

Gleason was a newcomer to Angola, the notorious maximum security prison in West Feliciana Parish that houses thousands of men serving life and other extremely long sentences. Officials said Gleason was transferred there on Monday, less than two days before his death.

He was alone in a cell, being quarantined for 14 days per protocols for new inmates, DOC spokesman Ken Pastorick said. The DOC and local law enforcement are investigating the case, and Pastorick declined to release any other details.

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