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Police Investigate Murder Inside WCI

CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) -- Maryland State Police are investigating a murder inside a state correctional facility.

It happened at the Western Correctional Institute in Cumberland.

Police say Saleem Abdullah, 53, was found dead inside his cell. He'd reportedly been suffocated.

Another inmate is being questioned.

Abdullah was serving a life sentence for kidnapping.

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