State inmate beaten to death in 2nd such killing in 24 hours

ELMORE, Ala. (AP) – Alabama prison officials are investing the beating death of an inmate who was attacked by other prisoners Thursday – the 2nd deadly attack on a state prisoner within 24 hours.

In the most recent case, the Alabama Department of Corrections says 41-year-old David Sanders was found badly beaten and unresponsive in a dorm of the Elmore Correctional Facility on Thursday.

Sanders was flown to a Montgomery hospital, where he died of his injuries Saturday.

Authorities say four inmates are suspected in the death.

In a separate case, authorities say 35-year-old Grant Mickens on Thursday died shortly after he was found with multiple stab wounds in the prison yard of Staton Correctional Facility. A 31-year-old inmate was named as a suspect in that killing.

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