A man serving an 80-year sentence for the murder of his mother and 6-year-old half-sister in 2013 was found dead Tuesday in his prison cell, the Madison County coroner said Wednesday.
A man serving an 80-year sentence for the murder of his mother and 6-year-old half-sister in 2013 was found dead Tuesday in his prison cell, the Madison County coroner said Wednesday.
2013 double murder in monticello has been found dead in his cell.
The madison county coroner says 28-year old david rodenbarger died of asphyxia due to hanging.
He was found with a bedsheet around his neck at pendleton correctional facility tuesday.
The delphi man pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the deaths of his mother, michelle haskins, and 6- year old half- sister jillian haskins.
Both were stabbed to death in their monticello home in february 2013.
Rodenbarger had been diagnosed and treated for schizophrenia before the murders.
34-year-old Winston resident Savino DeSantiago called dispatch wishing to turn himself in, officials said.