(Westville, IN) - A Westville prison inmate is accused in the beating death of another offender.  Donell Davis, 29, is charged in La Porte Superior Court 2 with murder and aggravated battery.

 

Authorities said the victim, John Taylor, was beaten in the bathroom of a dormitory and his body dragged to his cell in November.   What he was beaten with, so far, has not been revealed.  However, authorities revealed despite attempts to clean up all of the blood, blood splatter and dried blood were still located where the beating occurred.

 

According to authorities, charges were just filed because of the time involved in obtaining statements from offenders who allegedly witnessed  the activity and waiting for other evidence to develop like test results.

 

Davis was serving time for crimes like arson in Marion County.

 

Taylor was convicted of seriously injuring a person in a beating in Greene County near Bloomington.

 

According to the Indiana Department of Correction, Taylor was scheduled for release possibly as soon as late September.  Now, he could face another 45 to 65 year on the murder charge alone.