Report: Convicted Columbia Murderer Found Dead in Prison

A Columbia man convicted of two 2007 murders in Columbia was found dead and bloodied in his Allegany County prison cell early Thursday morning, according to the Baltimore Sun.

A motive or cause of death in Charles David Richardson IV's death has not been released, according to the Sun. 

Richardson, 28, was convicted of killing an acquaintance, 19-year-old Trae Davon Allen, in May of 2007 and a 7-Eleven store clerk, Alevtina Zhilina, three weeks before in April of 2007, according to the Sun.

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