INDIANAPOLIS—Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced today that Daniel L. Delaney, 45, an inmate of the federal penitentiary, the maximum security component of the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, was charged with first degree murder following his alleged killing of another inmate on September 14, 2010.
The indictment alleges that Delaney strangled cell mate Teddy L. Turic, then 57, by using a bed sheet to create a ligature. The charge is a result of an investigation by officers of the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney James M. Warden, who is prosecuting the case for the government, Delaney faces life imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. An initial hearing will be scheduled before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Terre Haute
An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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