ME Rules Inmate Strangled To Death In Oklahoma Prison Cell

The Oklahoma Medical Examiner says an Oklahoma man, convicted of murder in the 1997 disappearance of his eight-year-old neighbor, was strangled to death in his prison cell. The report says 59-year-old Anthony Palma died from “strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head” in his cell at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He kidnapped eight-year-old Kirsten Hatfield from her home in Midwest City and her body was never found.