A federal inmate in Florida has been sentenced to life in prison based on his conviction for second-degree murder.
David Lee Bishop, 50, Ocala, pleaded guilty on April 5, 2024, three days before his federal jury trial was scheduled to begin.
According to court documents, on February 3, 2019, Bishop strangled his cellmate to death at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex using a torn bedsheet.
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Bishop called his mother shortly after the murder, telling her that he had “messed up.”
When his mother asked if there had been an accident, Bishop responded that “it was totally and utterly on purpose” and that he was “just waiting on them to find ‘it.’”
When prison guards discovered his cellmate’s body, Bishop immediately admitted to the murder. At the time of the offense, Bishop was already serving a life sentence.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Belkis H. Crockett, Tyrie K. Boyer, Robert E. Bodnar, Jr., and Michael P. Felicetta.
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