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Kenneth Montaner-Buscampell
Gender : Male
Age : 26
Race : White
Date : 12/12/2024
Location : 1153 East Street South
City : Suffield
County : Hartford
State : Connecticut
Agency : Connecticut Department of Correction
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Asphyxiation
Event : Found Unresponsive in Prison After Assault; Died Later
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 12/12/2024, 26-year-old Kenneth Montaner-Buscampell was found unresponsive, lying on his back on top of a table in the housing unit at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, Connecticut. An emergency code was called at 7:19 a.m., and staff members responded to the scene. The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide by asphyxiation. Montaner-Buscampell was serving a two-year sentence for a fourth-degree sexual assault conviction.
The Connecticut State Police and the Department of Correction are investigating the incident.
