2 Inmates Die At Montgomery County Prison Within 6 Hours

EAGLEVILLE, PA — Within a period of just six hours, two inmates died at Montgomery County Correctional Facility last Friday, officials have confirmed.

Donald Levengood, 54, suffered a pulmonary embolism at about 2:15 p.m. on Feb. 2, the Montgomery County Coroner's Office said. An autopsy determined that the man died of natural causes.

And then about six hours later, at 8:16 p.m., Michael Lennon, 52, died of suicide after hanging himself, officials said.

Both inmates had faced charges for crimes against children.

Levengood, of Tyrone, Blair County, was in jail following indecent assault of a minor. Lennon faced charges of sexual exploitation of children, prostitution, and related counts, according to court documents.

They're not the first individuals who had been prosecuted or accused of crimes against children to turn up dead in a southeastern Pennsylvania jail cell recently. David Kennedy, a pediatrician charged with child pornography, was found dead shortly after his arrest in Dec. 2016. A cause of death has still not been determined and an investigation is ongoing.

The incidents are just the latest in a recent spate of deaths inside prisons in southeastern Pennsylvania. On Jan. 28, two inmates, each in a different prison, passed away. One died at a Bucks County prison and another died at Graterford.

Around 25 inmates have reportedly died in custody at Montgomery County Correctional Facility since 2007.

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