William Eric Jennings was 49 when he was found unresponsive in his two-man cell at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama, on the evening of March 1, 2022. Authorities determined he had been assaulted and died of blunt force trauma inflicted by another inmate; his death was ruled a homicide. At the time he was serving a life sentence for a 1993 capital murder conviction in Jefferson County.

Jennings was the fourth inmate to die at Donaldson in the month before his death, a cluster of fatalities that highlighted ongoing violence and the broader concerns that prompted a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Alabama’s prisons for unconstitutional conditions. The Alabama Department of Corrections Law Enforcement Services Division is conducting the homicide investigation, but reports have not identified a suspect or disclosed arrests or charges.

Does anyone have information about that night at Donaldson or about the investigation into Jennings’ death?