From The Tribune staff reports
BESSEMER – The Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office is requesting assistance from the public in locating the family of 61-year-old Michael Thomas Medders, who was found unresponsive in his cell at William Donaldson Correctional Facility on Sunday.
Medders was found by a fellow inmate at 8:42 p.m. and pronounced dead at 8:54 p.m. on Jan. 29, 2023.
According to Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates, Medders was serving a life sentence for murder from a 1989 conviction out of Etowah County.
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“All attempts to locate family have failed,” Yates said. “If you are family or if you have knowledge of (Medders’) family, please call the Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office at 205-930-3603.”
