Prisoner beaten to death; investigation under way

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

POTOSI, Mo. -- An inmate at Missouri's maximum-security prison in Potosi was found beaten to death, and his cellmate is suspected, prison superintendent Don Roper said Monday.

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