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Seemed to know. they didn t see i didn t see anything. the jail s chaplain, eva smith, pays a visit to glidden s housing unit. you were here at that time? yes. okay. how did you feel? i didn t know him that well, but i don t think he killed himself, though. okay. see, that s another thought. it s definitely fishy. at first i thought suicide. at first i thought he ate a bunch of pills or something. and then his roommate at the time, he was still in the unit for a while. he moved out of the unit yesterday. he told us that there was something around his neck. coming up he went to court, he ain t like the news he heard. they said he came back. he hung himself. as unsubstantiated rumors spread through the jail, matthew glidden s mother speaks out. i miss him dearly. i m seeking hear for this. i don t know where i m going from here. ....
Antwan rivers no longer needs to worry about canteen or fitting snacks in the plastic box. he pled guilty to his charges of drug possession and providing false information, served 17 days and was released from jail. his cousin, kalin jenkins, completed a 20-day sentence for drug possession and was released. shockingly, four days later, one of the few friends jenkins made in the jail, 29-year-old matthew glidden, was found dead in his cell. he was a possible suicide. it s being investigated by the state law enforcement division and the local coroner. they have not given anything it s a current investigation, so i can t give any great details on what the investigation is coming to conclusions on. have no idea. thomas dempsey was one of glidden s other friends in his housing unit. that morning at breakfast, i noticed he wasn t at his table. i went to wake him up. i heard the officer say, he s dead. he s dead. ....
He has pled not guilty and is awaiting trial for sexual exploitation of children. in addition, bixby served a prior sentence in indiana on allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor and child ecoexploitation. i don t know how word got to the unit for it. i woke up at lunch, and everybody had known about it before the news got out or anything, so. as word of glidden s death spreads, the inmate rumor mill begins to crank up. i knew he went to court, he ain t like the news he heard. he hanged himself. his roommate said he hung himself. how did you hear that? a dude in the room with him. said the roommate let him do it. you think, damn, who was his roommate? you know what i m saying you watch yourself. said that he was stabbed with his spoon in the heart. i guess with enough fresh can ....
My buddy then went to go wake him up. he said that when he shook him, he grabbed his leg to scare him awake. he said stuff as a board. he said it was like rolling a log over. he said he just rolled over. glidden had been awaiting trial for sexual misconduct with a minor. as far the people who dealt with him on a daily basis, melancholy. just everybody couldn t really believe it. kind of crazy. ryan johnson also knew glidden. someone that close you see that person that much and then you don t see them all of a sudden and they re just gone, i mean, that left i think a hole in a lot of people that had at least spent some time with him. with me, i just couldn t i couldn t fathom why did he want to destroy himself, you know. i feel like the inmates felt that way, too. why why did this nobody ....
Enforcement division. as far as assisted suicide never happened before, so this is all new to us. according to court documents, bixby admitted strangling glidden but said he did so at glidden s request. though any participation in suicide is against state law. he could get anywhere from 10 to 15 years for assisted suicide. bixby who is already awaiting trial on sexual exploitation of children is still awading a bond hearing on this new charge. it is connected through a video link to the courthouse where matthew glidden s mother, sharon glidden, is in attendance. all rise. you may please be seated. i am ready for michael bixby. sharon does not believe her son wanted to die. you know, if he had really, really planned there, we thought he would have tried to say good-bye a better way. ....