Indiana State Police initiated an investigation, at the request of the Miami Correctional Facility, into the death of an inmate.

At 4:00 p.m. Monday, correction officers found Greer, 23, suffering from a stab wound in the day room of the L Housing Unit. Prison staff started medical treatment. Greer was transported to a local hospital.  Greer died from his injury.

A forensic pathologist conducted an autopsy which officially determined that Greer’s death was a homicide caused by a stab wound to the chest.

Preliminary evidence revealed that another inmate had stabbed Greer with a homemade knife. The suspect is known to investigators and has been separated from other inmates.