We try take care of one another. but that s not the same spirit, i found, you know, with most of the inmates. now the relationship between another pair of cellmates is under close scrutiny from jail officials. 24 hours earlier, matthew glidden was discovered dead in his bunk. his cellmate, michael bixby, is being questioned by authorities. inmate bixby is in lockdown. i will not allow him to be roomed with anybody else at this point in time to ensure the safety of all the inmates in the facility. thomas dempsey used to share a cell with glidden and he suspects foul play. another thing that made me a little skeptical is when he was in the room with me, he couldn t stand the wool blankets. matthew didn t like the wool blankets at all. that morning, he was underneath a wool blanket. at the time of his death, glidden was awaiting trial on charges of sexual misconduct with a minor. accused sex offenders are often targets for violence.
Housing unit. you were here at that time? yes. okay. how did you feel? i didn t know him that well, but i don t think he killed himself, though. okay. see, that s another thought. it s definitely fishy. at first i thought suicide. at first i thought he ate a bunch of pills or something. and then his roommate at the time, he was still in the unit for a while. he moved out of the unit yesterday. he told us that there was something around his neck. coming up i knew he went to court, he didn t like the news he heard. they said he came back. he hung himself. as unsubstantiated rumors spread through the jail, matthew glidden s mother speaks out. i miss him. i miss him dearly. i m seeking for help to help me through this. i don t know where i m going to go from here. easy to analyze and take action?
Form for the public defender s office? i do. mr. bixby, you have a right to a jury trial. sharon glidden says on the night of her son s death, he called his brother with a request. his brother said, mom, matt wants me to call classification in the morning and name two people as his enemies so he could get out of there. one of them i do not know. but the other one was bixby. i m going to set bond at $150,000. thank you, sir. good luck to you. he is dead. i know that. and there s nothing i can do to bring him back. i miss him. i miss him dearly. i m seeking help for, you know, to help me through this. i don t know where i m going to go from here. while matthew glidden s family waits for answers
Days, and was released from jail. his cousin, kalin jenkins, completed a 20-day sentence for drug possession and was also released. and then shockingly, four days later, one of the few friends jenkins made in the jail, 29-year-old matthew glidden, was found dead in his cell. we had a possible suicide. it s being investigated by the state law enforcement division and the local coroner. they have not given anything it s a current investigation, so i can t give any great details on what the investigation is coming to the conclusions on. i have no idea. thomas dempsey was one of glidden s other friends in his housing unit. that morning at breakfast, i noticed he wasn t at his table. i went to get up to wake him up. i heard the officer say, he s dead. he s dead. my buddy then went to go wake him up. he said that when he shook him, he grabbed his leg to scare him awake.