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Prison Murder: Philadelphia Inmate Found Dead, Police Say

A 59-year-old inmate died in his cell at a Philadelphia prison Sunday, Jan. 28, in what police say was a homicide. 

Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, 

Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, 

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Officers from the 8th District responding to a "hospital case" at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, at 8101 State Road, found the unnamed inmate unconscious with blunt force trauma to the head at approximately 9:15 a.m., city police said.

"Despite immediate medical intervention by Medic 17, he was pronounced deceased at 9:43 a.m.," police said in a news release. 

The victim's cellmate, a 25-year-old man, was removed from the cell and relocated to a different area within the prison.

An investigation is active and ongoing.

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