From The Tribune staff reports
BESSEMER — Staff members at the William Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer found an inmate dead in his cell on Sunday morning.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the decedent as 48-year-old Collins McCaster, who was serving a life sentence for a 2013 strangulation death in Escambia County.
The coroner’s office says McCaster was found unresponsive in his private cell and was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:45 a.m. on Sunday. Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates says there is no evidence of trauma and foul play is not expected.
The circumstances surrounding McCaster’s death are being investigated by the Alabama Department of Corrections.