Prisoner admits smashing a cinder block over his new cellmate's head 'because he wouldn't die' as he beat him to death
- Luther Wade was transferred into fellow inmate Casey Pigge's cell at a Ohio jail
- A day later Pigge repeatedly smashed Wade over the head with a cinder block
- He continued the brutal attack after Wade 'wouldn't die' and made noises
- Pigge has now pleaded guilty to murder and will be sentenced later this month
Casey Pigge, 29, pictured, who admitted he killed 26-year-old Luther Wade at the Lebanon Correctional Institution in Ohio in February 2016
A prisoner has pleaded guilty to murder his new cellmate after admitting smashing a cinder block over this head so he would die.
Casey Pigge, 29, said he killed 26-year-old Luther Wade at the Lebanon Correctional Institution in Ohio in February 2016, according to Warren County prosecutor David Fornshell.
It comes after Pigge told investigators he blindfolded his new cellmate under the pretence of showing him a magic card trick.
He then repeatedly struck Wade over the head with a cinder block taken from his cell wall but grew angry when the victim 'wouldn't die' and kept making noises.
Prosecutors say Pigge then continued to strike his victim with the block until he eventually could not fight back.
According to the Cincinatti Enquirer, the victim was found 10 minutes after the attack by corrections officers.
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He was rushed to a nearby hospital but later died from his injuries.
Pigge was already in prison and serving a 30 years to life sentence for aggravated murder in 2009 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.
Wade who died in prison after being attacked. He was in the middle of a 10-year sentence for aggravated murder. He had just been transferred into Pigge's cell a day before his death
Meanwhile Wade was in the middle of a 10-year sentence for aggravated murder. He had just been transferred into Pigge's cell a day before his death.
Investigators say it is unclear what caused the killing but Pigge is expected to be sentenced later this month.
Prosecutors have ruled out the death penalty due to the killer's low IQ and are instead seeking a life sentence without parole.
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