Alabama Department of Corrections Investigating Inmate’s Death

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September 20, 2019

Alabama Department of Corrections Investigating Inmate’s Death

CLAYTON, Ala. – An Alabama inmate who was the victim of a stabbing incident at the Ventress Correctional Facility in Clayton has died. Joshua David Willingham, 29, was assaulted and stabbed by another inmate inside a facility housing area on Sept. 8. Willingham was airlifted to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries on Sept. 13.

Officials have identified Taywan Campbell, 38, as a suspect in the assault. Campbell, who is serving a 40-year sentence for discharging a firearm in an occupied vehicle in Sumter County, faces a murder charge. Willingham was serving a 20-year-sentence on a first-degree kidnapping conviction in Calhoun County.

The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating the circumstances that led to the incident.

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