NASSAU -Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the Bahamas Department of Corrections as a murder.
Mikhail Miller, 29, was found unresponsive in his cell in the F Block in Maximum Security on November 1.
An autopsy has confirmed that he died as a result of blunt force trauma.
Miller was serving a three-month sentence for theft.
On October 8, he pleaded guilty to stealing a Samsung tablet, worth $200, and an Alcatel phone, worth $120, from his mother Rose Miller.
As part of his sentence, the magistrate ordered Miller to receive mental health treatment.
Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre has suspended new admissions. However, staff from the mental health hospital make regular visits to the prison.
Miller had served three months in prison earlier this year for stealing.
He had eight theft convictions and had been admitted to the mental hospital five times.
