http://arkansasmatters.com/fulltext?nxd_id=616282An inmate at Cummins Prison is dead after being strangled, according to prison officials.
22-year-old Matthew Scheile of Benton County was found dead early this morning.
Authorities say 44-year-old Robert Holland stopped an officer making rounds and said he had strangled his cellmate with a bed sheet.
Holland told the officer he had covered him with the sheet to conceal the incident.
The investigation has been turned over to the Arkansas State Police.
Holland is serving life without parole for a prior conviction of capital murder.
Sheile was serving two years for failing to register as a sex offender.
http://5newsonline.com/2012/12/08/benton-county-man-found-strangled-in-cell/Scheile was serving a 48-month prison term for failure to register as a sex offender in Benton County. Corrections department spokesman Shea Wilson said Scheile, who was from West Fork and lived previously in Rogers, was originally convicted of sexual indecency with a child in 2010 in Cleburne County and sentenced to five years’ probation.
He was sentenced June 13, 2012 and was eligible for parole on March 15, 2013. Wilson said Scheile was Level 3 sex offender, which means police consider him a high risk to offend again.
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Holland is serving a life sentence for capital murder for shooting his parents in 1991 in El Dorado.