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State prisoner stabbed to death

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Michigan City, Oct. 28 - Under investigation is the murder of an inmate at the Indiana State Prison.

Police say Jerry Thompson and seven other prisoners were out of their cells for their recreation time Sunday afternoon at the Michigan City facility. The guards noticed a disturbance. They found the 41-year-old inmate on the floor with stab wounds.

The officers put the other prisoners back in the cells, then recovered several knives from the crime scene.

State Police are now investigating the murder.

Thompson was convicted of murdering Melvin Hillis, the owner of Hillis Auto Sales in Indianapolis, and one of his employees in 1991.

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