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Killer Donald Musselman dies in custody

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Donald Musselman, who was convicted for the murder of an Ottawa musician and pleaded guilty to killing another inmate while in custody, has died.

Correctional Services Canada (CSC) confirmed Musselman’s death while in custody at the Joyceville Institution near Kingston, Ont., in a news release Wednesday. CSC did not provide a cause of death, nor any additional information.

Musselman’s next of kin have been notified of his death, CSC said. Spokesperson Mike Shrider said both the department and the coroner’s office will review the circumstances of his death.

At the time of his death, Musselman was 24 and had been serving a life sentence for second-degree murder since May.

He was found guilty in December 2023 in the shooting death of Ottawa musician Markland Campbell, 42, in the ByWard Market in 2019. Musselman was sentenced to life in prison for that crime.

In September, he pleaded guilty to the jailhouse beating death of Zakaria Sheek-Hussein at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. That conviction added eight years to his sentence.

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