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Homeless veteran 'basically baked to death' at Rikers Island while being held on trespassing charge

A city official told The Associated Press that the incident, which happened last month, involved a 56-year-old inmate named Jerome Murdough, who police found in a housing project stairwell and brought to Rikers Island jail.

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SO sad!

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Homeless veteran 'basically baked to death' at Rikers Island while being held on trespassing charge

A city official told The Associated Press that the incident, which happened last month, involved a 56-year-old inmate named Jerome Murdough, who police found in a housing project stairwell and brought to Rikers Island jail.

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