WARREN, Maine — State officials are investigating the death Wednesday of an inmate serving a 12-year sentence in the stabbing death of his domestic partner.
Michael T. Young died at about 6 a.m. Wednesday at Maine State Prison, according to a news release by the Maine Department of Corrections. Young, 45, had served four years of his sentence for manslaughter. He was to serve six years in prison and four years of probation upon his release.
“Consistent with the department policy and the Attorney General’s Office protocols, the State Police and the Medical Examiner were notified,” Department of Corrections officials wrote in the release. “Both are reviewing the death.”
Additional details about Young’s death were not disclosed.
It is the second death of an inmate in Department of Corrections custody since late October, when Charles Maisie Knowles, a 16-year-old transgender boy, hanged himself at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.
According to a 2012 report by centralmaine.com, Young was sentenced four years ago for manslaughter after pleading guilty to the fatal stabbing of his domestic partner, David Cox.
