Warden Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

Warden Daniel Webster died of wounds he received when he was stabbed at the Wethersfield State Prison.

Approximately one week prior to the stabbing, Warden Webster had reprimanded the suspect, who was serving a life sentence for arson, for failing to complete his assigned prison work. On March 24, the suspect again refused to do his work and was sent to a room to await Warden Webster. When Warden Webster entered the suspect attacked him with a shoe knife, stabbing him two times, once in the side and once in the abdomen.

Warden Webster died from his wounds three days later.

Warden Webster was survived by his wife and four children and was buried at West Cemetery, Somers, Connecticut. The Webster Correctional Institution in Cheshire, Connecticut, is named after Warden Webster.