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Colorado Corrections Investigating Homicide Of Offender

BUENA VISTA, Colo. (AP) — Corrections officials are investigating the murder of an inmate at the Buena Vista Correctional Facility in central Colorado.

The Department of Corrections says that 32-year-old Matthew Massaro was killed on Saturday.

A department statement issued Sunday says suspects in the murder were removed from the facility.

No further details were released.

The Daily Record of Canon City reports that Massaro was serving multiple sentences for fraud, assault, robbery and motor vehicle theft, among other convictions.

He had been in corrections since 2011 and had a parole eligibility date of March 2025.

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