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Inmate Death Investigated At Roxbury

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Jim Zamagias

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a state prison inmate in Washington County.

The deceased, identified as Colin Wolf, 32, was a state prison inmate serving time at the Roxbury Correctional Institution. Wolf was pronounced deceased by emergency medical service personnel and transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for autopsy to determine cause and manner of death.

A suspect, also an inmate, has been identified. He is not being formally identified until charges are placed.

According to the preliminary investigation, Wolf was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20. He was later pronounced deceased. The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit was contacted by investigators from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Internal Investigative Unit (DPSCS IIU) and assumed the investigation. Police believe his cellmate was in the cell at the time of his death.