Scioto Corrections Officer indicted in inmate death

PORTSMOUTH A former Scioto County correctional officer is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of 56-year-old Kevin Bailey in May 2020.
On April 16, a Scioto County grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Billy Thompson on charges of murder, voluntary manslaughter and reckless homicide. Bailey was arraigned Tuesday and released on a $100,000 signature bond.
Thompson is accused of slamming Bailey to the ground during a May 25, 2020, struggle inside the Scioto County jail, according to a press release from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. Bailey died June 1, 2020.
An autopsy report obtained by the Scioto County Daily News lists the cause of death as complications resulting from blunt force trauma to head, neck and torso and the manner of death as a homicide. The report states the medical examiner found bruising on his temporal lobe, his ribs and his lungs, as well as a skull fracture and a fracture on his collar bone.

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