Saginaw Correctional Facility Inmate Found Dead

UPDATE (5:55 p.m., 4/11/2019): Initial autopsies have confirmed the inmate, Michael Anastasio of Warren, died of injuries related to blunt force trauma.

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An inmate at the Saginaw Correctional Facility in Freeland was found dead in his cell by officers earlier this week.

Chris Gautz from the Michigan Department of Corrections verified the 44-year-old man found by guards at the correctional facility around 4:00 p.m. Monday, April 8 was allegedly assaulted by his cellmate. When found, the man still had a pulse and was taken to a nearby hospital after lifesaving techniques had been attempted. He later died at the hospital.

His cellmate, a 20-year-old serving time for an armed robbery in Kent county, has since been moved to a maximum security facility. Gautz said incidents like this between cellmates are rare, and the whole series of events only took 30-45 minutes from discovery to delivery to the hospital.

Gautz said the Department of Corrections will provide more information after Michigan State Police conclude their investigation.