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. mcdaniel says his despair was over the impact his
my captain and other custody staff here feel that we need to keep an eye on him until mental health can come back and speak with him over the issue of the letter. mcdaniel will now be confined in his cell with only his boxer shorts and remain under constant observation until he is taken off the suicide watch. we ve got to fill out a suicide watch. every 15 minutes it goes through the offender s mood, what he s doing, how he s acting, if he s in restraints, if he s just in his cell. as long as he s okay. coming up dare you to put your finger in this. i did. two brothers and their buddies celebrate another month down with a prison slam. it s rocking up the crack rock. rocking up a crack rock? i never did that, sir. that s it.
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? i m good and safe. depends on where i went. i m sorry for putting you through this, but mom, my fight
this is my main view a lot of times. this is a lying on my bunk, look up. it s pretty much what you see. cell door. boxes. sink. toilet. mirrors. headphones. got me a penitentiary back scratcher. this is existence. you make the best of it. you get comfortable. you deal with it. you do what you got to do. it is what it is. making the best of life at the wabash valley correctional facility is something every inmate must learn on their own. lately it s proven difficult for martin mcdaniel. after officers found a suicide
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. revving]