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UPDATE: Nine charged in connection to death investigation at Miami Correctional Facility



MIAMI COUNTY, IN- Charges have been filed by the Miami County Prosecutor’s Office in connection with a death investigation that occurred on November 26, 2025.

Names and Charge(s):

Na-Son Smith, age 33

  • Murder – Murder
  • Voluntary Manslaughter – Level 2 Felony
  • Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
  • Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
  • Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony

Matthew Shepard, age 34

  • Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
  • Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
  • Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony

Sherman Thompson, age 32

  • Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
  • Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony

Anthony York, age 24

  • Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
  • Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
  • Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony

Breon Davenport, age 27

  • Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
  • Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony

David Holder, age 34

  • Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
  • Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
  • Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony

Victor Adamson-Scott, age 35

  • Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
  • Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony

Aaron Sawyer, age 28

  • Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
  • Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
  • Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony

Tony Love, age 42

  • Aggravated Battery – Level 3 Felony
  • Prisoner Possessing a Deadly Weapon – Level 4 Felony
  • Battery w/ a Deadly Weapon – Level 5 Felony

All names mentioned above are currently being housed at the Miami Correctional Facility.

** Please see below the original news release**

Detectives Investigating Death of Inmate at Miami Correctional Facility

MIAMI COUNTY, IN – On November 26, 2025, detectives from the Indiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division at the Peru Post initiated an investigation at the request of the Miami Correctional Facility into the death of inmate J Trinidad Ramirez, 36 years of age.

Investigators are being assisted by the Miami County Coroner’s Office and Miami Correctional Facility Investigators. An autopsy was completed to determine the exact cause of death.

Family notification has been made.

This is an active and ongoing investigation. No more information will be released at this time.



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