Florida Inmate Bashes A Sleeping Inmate's Head, Killing Him, The Dead Inmate Was In For Sexually Assaulting A Minor

A Hernando County inmate was charged with second-degree murder after killing another inmate who was charged with sexual assault on a minor.

“It was a surprise to us as well as the other inmates. I don’t know if we’ll ever know why he did it.”

Jory Linn Van Antwerp, 49, was booked into the Hernando County Jail on January.

“He was charged with sexual assault by a custodian and the victim was over 12 and under 18 and there were six counts of that.”

He was receiving medical treatment for a serious medical issue before he was in jail.

William Harrison Gillespie, 35, was booked into jail on June 4 for felony battery.

Both inmates were in the medical unit.

Gillespie kicked Van Antwerp in the head while leaving his cell for questioning about previous fights.

"We don’t have any indication that he knew the person, knew the charges or knew anything about our victim."

Van Antwerp died in the hospital on Saturday. The medical examiner ruled that the cause of death was a brain bleed.

Gillespie had a criminal record that included five felony convictions and 13 misdemeanors.