WESTOVER, MD – Maryland State Police announced Wednesday that an inmate at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset County has been charged with first-degree murder following the death of another inmate earlier this year.
According to the Maryland State Police, Tyjuan Chapple, 26, was indicted by a Somerset County Grand Jury on July 25 after homicide investigators presented evidence in the case. He was formally served with an arrest warrant Wednesday and remains in the custody of the Maryland Division of Corrections.
Authorities said the investigation began on March 29 when the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Intelligence and Investigative Division contacted the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit about the death of an inmate. The deceased was identified as 28-year-old Shane Lanham.
Investigators determined that Lanham was housed in a cell with another inmate before being found unresponsive on the ground by correctional officers at the Eastern Correctional Institution. Police allege the findings led to the indictment of Chapple on charges of first-degree murder and related offenses.
The case remains under investigation, and authorities have not released additional details about the circumstances leading to Lanham’s death. Chapple will remain in state custody while awaiting further court proceedings.
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