NEW CASTLE, DE — Delaware State Police are investigating the death of a 73-year-old inmate following an altercation at a state facility, according to authorities.
Police said troopers responded on April 19 at approximately 6:00 p.m. to the Delaware Psychiatric Hospital in the 1900 block of DuPont Highway for a reported assault.
According to investigators, Fred O’Neal III, 73, a sentenced inmate, was involved in a physical altercation with another inmate…