East Lansing serial killer Don Miller has a parole interview this week
Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING - East Lansing serial killer Don Miller is scheduled to be interviewed by a member of the state s parole board this week, in what will be his ninth chance at parole.
State officials last denied Miller, 66, a prisoner at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, parole in 2016. If he serves his full sentence, Miller will be released in 2031.
In July 1979, Miller admitted to killing four women in East Lansing between Jan. 1, 1977, and Aug. 14, 1978.
The first, Martha Sue Young, had been engaged to marry Miller but ended their relationship just before she disappeared.
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Prisoners have said that being cut off from seeing their families has taken a toll on their mental health, leaving them with few outlets at a time when outbreaks have threatened their health and limited prisoner movement and activities.
Since the virus was first detected in the prison system last March, 139 prisoners have died and 25,661 prisoners 63% of people incarcerated throughout the pandemic have tested positive. The department currently houses about 33,000 people and reported 788 active prisoner cases as of Thursday.
The coronavirus has claimed the lives of four corrections staff across the state, and 3,687 employees have tested positive.
Visitors will take a rapid antigen test in their vehicles and will be allowed inside for further screening if they are negative. Prisoners must test negative as well. The department will provide masks for people to wear inside the visiting room.
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