The Virginia Department of Corrections confirmed to WCYB Thursday that an inmate’s death in June 2025 at the Wallens Ridge Correctional Facility in Big Stone Gap is considered a homicide and a correctional officer was reprimanded in connection with the incident. The state medical examiner’s office said that Aubrey McKay died by multifactorial asphyxia on June 4, 2025, and is considered a homicide. Virginia State Police is investigating the death…
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