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| Ex-escapee killed himself |
| By Indystar.com |
| Published: 02/21/2005 |
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One of four inmates who attacked two officers and escaped from the Hamilton County, Ind., Juvenile Detention Center in 2001 has committed suicide, according to the Indiana Department of Correction and Indiana State Police. David Lee Simmons, 20, was found to be unresponsive in his cell at the Pendleton Correctional Facility after lunch Monday, according to prison officials. State Police said he was pronounced dead at 11:48 a.m. According to a statement from prison officials, the Madison County coroner ruled that Simmons committed suicide; the method of death was not mentioned. The Department of Correction and State Police said the investigation is continuing. Simmons was serving a 94-year sentence for kidnapping, escape and battery. He was 17 years old when he and three other inmates escaped from the detention center on Nov. 19, 2001. At Simmons' trial in July 2003, one inmate testified that Simmons was the leader of the breakout, while another inmate said Simmons kicked and beat a correctional officer. One officer, Ann Davidson, 54, Anderson, sustained skull fractures, eye injuries, broken bones in her hand, cuts and the loss of some teeth. Another guard, Toby Warner, 26, Elwood, also was injured but less severely. The three other inmates who escaped pleaded guilty to criminal charges. |
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