Overview
- Prison staff found Kevin Joseph Kelly unresponsive in a two-person cell at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility and emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.
- The Michigan Department of Corrections has said the death is being investigated as a suspected homicide and turned the case over to Michigan State Police for a criminal probe.
- Officials have not released the cause or manner of death, identified any suspects, or provided a timeline of events inside the facility.
- State records show Kelly had been serving a sentence after a 2024 aggravated stalking conviction in Wayne County and entered MDOC custody in September 2025.
- Bellamy Creek is a state prison in Ionia County and this is the facility’s second in-custody death now treated as a suspected homicide in recent months, a fact that could prompt further review of security and safety practices.