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WESTOVER, Md. - Maryland State Police are investigating an inmate death at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover.

Police say Quran Middleton-Bey, 31, was found dead in his cell at ECI on March 10 just after midnight. His body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Homicide Unit investigators and Forensic Sciences technicians responded to the scene. 

According to court records, Middleton-Bey was sentenced to six months imprisonment in June of 2025 for theft between $100 and $1,500. While incarcerated, he was charged with second-degree assault and causing a correctional employee to come in contact with bodily fluid, court records show.  He was again charged days later with second-degree assault, second degree assault of a DOC employee, and causing contact with bodily fluid.

His trial was set for March 16 in both of those cases.

Maryland State Police say the investigation is ongoing. The results of that investigation will be presented to the office of the State's Attorney in Somerset County for review. 

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