Man Serving Time For Shasta County Triple Murder Found Dead In Cell

IONE (CBS13) – A convicted murderer was found dead in his cell at Mule Creek State Prison on Tuesday morning.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says 36-year-old Joshua McCormick was found unresponsive in his cell around 6:30 a.m. McCormick was soon pronounced dead an hour later.
Prison officials suspect McCormick’s cellmate, 35-year-old Brandon Dean, in Joshua’s death.
Both Dean and McCormick were serving time on for convictions of first-degree murder.