at indiana s wabash valley correctional facility the m-house cell block has been put on lockdown, limiting movement of all inmates until investigators can determine the cause of curtis cash s severe facial injuries. both cash and his cellmate dana woods claim cash simply fell. but internal affairs investigator frank littlejohn suspects a coverup. the suspect probably told the victim don t tell on me. say you fell. it s pretty typical in these situations. nobody falls and receives that many injuries. littlejohn suspects that woods might have used the hot pot to assault his cell mate. this was retrieved out of the cell? it was right next to the door, the hot pot was down in the trash. littlejohn s next step is to investigate the cell itself. looks like obviously you can see probably a little blood he. looks like he tried to clean the
after further review, internal affairs investigator frank littlejohn says the evidence appears to support aderibigbe s story. with his history of violence that s landed him not only in prison, but in a lockdown unit where he s separated from the population because of his assaultive history, you can t never take anything that appears innocent at face value. the rope was taken away but aderibigbe was given permission to continue sculpting. lukuman s african art has been very instrumental in controlling his anger. and it s so beautifully done. everything is made from newspaper, and water, and i mix them with the soap. so now you can see what it does. this is just the beginning. once i m done making it, i have to let it set for like two days before i put the painting on it. this is coffee with soap, and a little bit of hot water. so i use that for the paint for
investigators can determine the cause of curtis cash s severe facial injuries. both cash and his cellmate dana woods claim cash simply fell. but internal affairs investigator frank littlejohn suspects a coverup. the suspect probably told the victim don t tell on me. say you fell. it s pretty typical in these situations. nobody falls and sustains those injuries. littlejohn suspects that woods might have used the hot pot to assault his cell mate. this was retrieved out of the cell? it was right next to the door, the hot pot was down in the trash. littlejohn s next step is to investigate the cell itself. looks like obviously you can see probably a little blood here. looks like he tried to clean the blood up before the staff arrived. there is blood on the bedding and some on the back window. it was probably a little struggle. it looks like he packed his property. so he knew. that s pretty typical. when something happens, they go
the assault landed burks in confinement for 15 months. but the fallout continues. today, investigator frank littlejohn and detective tom hanks of the indiana state police department are about to pay him a visit. i m here to serve a warrant for class d felony battery resulting in bodily injury on an offender down here. if burks is found guilty of these new charges, he could have another three to six years added to his sentence. sometimes for whatever reason because of how many years they re doing, they think the prosecutor won t pick it up. we ve made arrangements and we have burks out waiting for us and mr. hanks can read him the warrant. he ll get a copy. then i have my copy here and i will read him the warrant verbatim. then he s released back to the custody of the facility. demetrius? yes, sir.
ahead and pack their stuff up so the officers don t get things mixed up or whatever. so he s ready to go to segregation. he knew he would be going. littlejohn checks the surveillance footage. while there is no coverage inside the cell he wants to rule out the possibility of another assailant entering the cell. what are you seeing so far? absolutely nothing. nobody goes in, nobody comes out. they didn t go out for breakfast, they didn t go out for lunch. nobody has been in or out between breakfast or lunch. you see the officers are at the cell. this is offender cash. he is the offender with the injuries. this is the cell mate coming up. the video doesn t show an assault taking place. it shows that nobody entered or exited the cell other than the two and they didn t come out for breakfast or for lunch. so whatever happened, obviously happened inside the cell. woods was taken to the