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ONCE AGAIN WE MUST ASK:
IS IT SUICIDE OR IS IT MURDER?


"WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2004: Everglades is a bad place---now, an inmate "allegedly" hung himself this afternoon while he was in confinement.  Hyde is the  last name, I believe.  I bet he won't be there (on the website) tomorrow!" LS

"Ma'am the only thing that I know about thist is that Capt. Forrest applied chemical agents on him the day before he 'committed suicide.'"~Officer

Result of Search DoC SITE ON JUNE 30, 2004

HYDE, KENNETH M 777044 WHITE MALE 08/13/2019 EVERGLADES C.I. 08/29/1974

To: KayLee
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 11:48 AM
Subject: Everglades C.I. inmate death

Dear Kay,

There was an apparent inmate suicide on Tuesday June 29th at the Everglades Correctional Institute in Miami. The inmate's name was Kenneth Hyde (I think).

A man who was friends with Kenneth Hyde  said many inmates are skeptical about the circumstances of his death and he asked my daughter to go to the news media about this matter. He also asked that his name not be mentioned (he doesn't want any problems with the C.O.s.

The only news coverage I could find on this was in the July 1st herald.com and I copied and pasted the article here for you. I didn't see it mentioned in the regular Miami Herald paper. Also, I went on the inmate search in the DOC website, and could not find any Kenneth Hyde.

Something does seem fishy about this. I am told that  he had requested psychological help and was refused, which is supposed to be  a violation of procedure. But anyway, how does someone not only manage to slash his wrists, but also hang himself?  The news article that follows does say that police are investigating.

I did contact a couple of tv news stations (channel 4 and 7 locally here) but don't know if there will be any followups.

Do you have an media contacts that would be interested in investigating this death?

MIAMI (from herald.com on July 1, 2004):

INMATE COMMITTED SUICIDE BY HANGING, SLASHING WRIST

An inmate died Tuesday afternoon in a solitary confinement cell at Everglades Correctional Institution in southwestern Miami-Dade County. He was found hanging from his bed sheet, inside the cell.

Kenneth Hyde, of West Palm Beach, had ''slashed his wrists'' before the hanging, said Miami-Dade police spokesman Lupo Jimenez, and had ''psychiatric issues,'' raising questions about why he was not placed on suicide watch, instead of in a solitary confinement cell.

''We're told by prison officials that he was there because of vandalism and had to be restrained,'' Jimenez said.

Miami-Dade police are investigating.

Hyde, 29, convicted for a string of burglaries, had been in and out of Florida prisons since the age of 23. He was five years into a 20-year sentence for robbery with a deadly weapon when his body was found.

THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING INMATE

The dead man was but is no longer listed on the DOC site, but we know he existed.  Not usually, but every once in awhile they just totally remove people, especially, I've noticed, in questionable situations, and we consider this death to be one of them.   Kay Lee

SEARCHING DOC SITE FOR KENNETH HYDE 7770444
RESULTS OF SEARCH ON June 29, 2004

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 8:01 PMSEARCH OF DOC SITE: This must be him.  Only 7 Hydes show up, only one at Everglades

HYDE, KENNETH M 777044 WHITE MALE 08/13/2019 EVERGLADES C.I. 08/29/1974

FDOC PHOTO KENNETH HYDE DEAD
 I'll check again late tonight to see if it changes.

RESULTS OF SEARCH ON June 30, 2004

 
Inmate Population Information List
 Checked by Kay Lee 3:30 am  June 30, 2004          HYDE, KENNETH M       NO LONGER AVAILABLE  
Click Number
for Details		 Name DC
Number		 Race Sex Release
Date		 Current
Facility		 Birth
Date
*1 HYDE, DUSTIN L P21487 WHITE MALE 01/09/2008 SUMTER B.T.U. 02/23/1984
*2 HYDE, GARY 182986 BLACK MALE 05/17/2031 DADE C.I. 06/28/1965
*3 HYDE, JOHNNIE R Y19729 WHITE MALE 12/09/2004 LANCASTER W.C. 06/18/1982
*4 HYDE, MATTHEW J P21514 WHITE MALE 02/23/2006 LANCASTER C. I. 04/21/1984
*5 HYDE, MICHAEL W 507626 WHITE MALE 02/13/2005 HILLSBORO 12/02/1969
*6 HYDER, JOSHUA J U08951 WHITE MALE 08/21/2006 GULF C.I.- WEST UNIT 06/19/1980

 RESULTS OF SEARCH ON July 15, 2004

RESULTS OF SEARCH by Kay Lee ON JULY 15, 2004  HYDE, KENNETH M       APPEARS TO HAVE NEVER EXISTED.
  HYDE, CHRISTOPHER S 722740 WHITE MALE BROWN BROWN 5'11'' 156 11/01/2002 12/30/1972
*2 HYDE, DELROY W 413813 BLACK MALE BLACK BROWN 5'11'' 205 02/01/2004 10/19/1967
*3 HYDE, GERALD W JR X17659 WHITE MALE BROWN GREEN 5'06'' 132 12/18/2003 08/16/1979
*4 HYDE, JAMES E 567417 WHITE MALE BROWN BLUE 5'06'' 153 05/04/1999 07/22/1956
*5 HYDE, LAWRENCE A 479076 WHITE MALE GRAY OR PARTIALLY GRAY BROWN 5'11'' 180 12/15/1998 01/05/1937
*6 HYDE, WADE C 533867 WHITE MALE BLACK BROWN 5'09'' 190 01/25/2002 10/18/1975
*7 HYDEMAN, BRYAN J15453 WHITE MALE BLONDE OR STRAWBERRY BLUE 6'01'' 211 04/05/2004 11/21/1964
*8 HYDEN, JAMIE A 256096 WHITE MALE BROWN HAZEL 5'06'' 160 11/16/2000 12/09/1963
*9 HYDEN, SUSAN J 961162 WHITE FEMALE BROWN BROWN 5'02'' 157 07/20/2003 06/14/1961
*10 HYDEN, WILLIAM D 140684 WHITE MALE BROWN HAZEL 5'05'' 212 07/30/2003 04/22/1956
*11 HYDES, VICTOR D 509439 BLACK MALE BLACK BROWN 5'10'' 206 06/17/1999 03/01/1967

SO, HOW DID KENNETH HYDE DIE AND WHY IS HE GONE FROM THE SITE?

 

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