SCI Houtzdale Homicide 11:11 pm
Clearfield County District Attorney Ryan Sayers said Garrick Bloom was being held at SCI Houtzdale for child molestation charges.
According to online court documents, Bloom was facing over 800 counts in relation to child rape incidents dating back from 2007 to 2012.
Jacob Mitchell was serving a sentence for a felony theft charge.
On August 29th of last year, Sayers said Bloom and Mitchell were drinking alcohol and later that night, Bloom was found dead in his jail cell.
“They were locked in at the end of the day and then after final count. During the night, the defendant Mitchell proceeded to beat up and strangle the victim,” Ryan Sayers, Clearfield County District Attorney.
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