A man convicted in the 1986 murder of a convenience store clerk in Burlington died in a federal prison in Florida earlier this month, the Vermont Department of Corrections announced on Friday.
Samuel Wright, 66, died on Oct. 19 at the Federal Correctional Complex USP Coleman I in Coleman, Florida, the department said in a press release. No cause of death was given. Wright, who was from Quebec, faced a long sentence and “deportation detainer” and thus was placed in federal custody, according to the release.
“Mr. Wright was due to return to Vermont in 2026 to begin pre-release programming,” according to the department…