the control line across the top tells us that the test was valid. as long as there s a line by every number then the test was negative. one inmate has refused to comply with the drug test. 604. four. the inmate is martin mcdaniel who is serving 15 years for three counts of burglary. he is going to the ccu which is the custody control unit. they take offenders down there that are troublemakers, who refuse orders, who have been in fights, what have you. officers inspecting mcdaniel s cell soon make a discovery. i ll call the nurse. this is prescription. mcdaniel has a prescription for anti-depressants, but the pills shouldn t be in the cell. we found a bunch of drugs he should have taken when they were hand given to him. so we know he s been saving them. moments later a letter is discovered in mcdaniel s cell. it could shed light on why he was saving his medication. hey, mom, how are you doing?
put you through. to my boys, i love you. i think about you every day. i m so sorry that i hurt you. through the process of growing up without having a father. hardest part about doing any of this time is knowing that you guys are worried about me. you know, there s no need for that. but not everyone here has a brother to lean on. 604. four. during a routine shake down in housing unit d, inmate martin mcdaniel was taken to the custody control unit after refusing to take a drug test. corrections officers then discovered he had been hoarding his prescription drugs. moments later they found something else. the gentleman we just took to ccu, we just found a suicide note in his drawer, and he s saying good-bye to his mom and children. put him on suicide watch.
put you through. to my boys, i love you. i think about you every day. i m so sorry that i hurt you. through the process of growing up without having a father. hardest part about doing any of this time is knowing that you guys are worried about me. you know, there s no need for that. but not everyone here has a brother to lean on. 604. four. during a routine shake down in housing unit d, inmate martin mcdaniel was taken to the custody control unit after refusing to take a drug test. corrections officers then discovered he had been hoarding his prescription drugs. moments later they found something else. the gentleman we just took to ccu, we just found a suicide note in his drawer, and he s saying good-bye to his mom and children.
i m good and safe. depends on where i went. i m sorry for putting you through this, but mom, my fight is done. i could not take it anymore. this is definitely a suicide letter. hey, vera? what? the gentleman we just took to ccu we just found a suicide note in his drawer, and he s saying bye to his mom and children, so put him on suicide watch. make sure that gets to evidence. coming up the letter was never intentionally to be found, you know. martin mcdaniel speaks out and is then surprised by the consequences. that s bull [ bleep ] and you know it. and more from the kokomo slayer. i seen it like she done something to me. so therefore, i m going to do something tenfold to her.
lately it s proven difficult for martin mcdaniel. after officers found a suicide letter and a stockpile of prescription pills in his cell, they put him on suicide watch. a measure he insisted was unnecessary. mcdaniel was taken off suicide watch the following day. several weeks later he admitted that, despite his earlier denials, he was suicidal. when i wrote the letter, right, i had intentions of o.d. ing because my kids wrote me a letter and told me the day they was coming, right? i was going to wait until after visit and take them that night, right? but it s a good thing they come in the room, man. you were, then? yeah. yeah. no doubt about it.