A Florida man has died in prison while serving a life sentence for the deadly stabbing of his middle school classmate in 2004.
Michael Hernandez, now 31, was seen on surveillance video collapsing to the floor. Reports said an autopsy would be conducted to determine the cause of death, according to Crime Online.
Hernandez was formally declared dead at a hospital in Lake City near the prison. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) will investigate the incident. There were no signs that he had been attacked.
The Miami-Dade State Attorney s Office has released a statement with regards to Michael Hernandez s death.
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The teenage killer who lured a friend into a bathroom stall at their suburban Miami middle school 17 years ago and cut his throat has died in prison.
Florida Department of Corrections online records show Michael Hernandez, 31, died Thursday. He had been incarcerated at Columbia Correctional Institute, about 50 miles west of Jacksonville. No cause of death was released, but WFOR-TV said Hernandez was seen on video collapsing, and no foul play is suspected.
Hernandez was serving a life sentence for the February 2004 murder of Jaime Gough when they were both 14-year-old students at Southwood Middle School in Palmetto Bay, just outside Miami.
A teenage killer who murdered a classmate at their suburban Miami middle school 17 years ago has died in prison.
Michael Hernandez, 31, died on Thursday, according to the Florida Department of Corrections, which did not give a cause of death.
WFOR-TV reported that Hernandez died from a drug overdose, citing unnamed sources.
It said he was seen on video collapsing and that no foul play is suspected in his death.
He had been incarcerated at Columbia Correctional Institute, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Jacksonville.
Hernandez was serving a life sentence for the February 2004 murder of Jaime Gough when they were both 14-year-old students at Southwood Middle School in Palmetto Bay, just outside Miami.
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