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Daniel Staggs

Case from Jackson, MI dated Jul 21, 1986

Victim Details

Daniel Staggs

Male

White / Caucasian

Jackson

MI

1986

40

Daniel

Staggs

07/06/2026

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In 1986, within the walls of the Southern Michigan Institution near Jackson, a life was violently extinguished. Daniel A. Staggs, a 40-year-old man serving a life sentence for armed robbery, was found stabbed to death in Cell Block 4 of the prison. His death was not a random act of prison violence but a calculated murder-for-hire, orchestrated from within the prison's own population. The inmate responsible for ordering the killing was Anthony Guy Walker, a fellow convict with a history of violen ...
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  • Walker admits multiple murders, including 1979 Carey-Madison ...
  • Killer's victims could number as many as 30 - The Daily Telegram
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