The former University of Wisconsin-Madison student convicted of killing Madison resident Joel Marino last year apparently committed suicide on Saturday night while serving a life sentence in the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, according to Dodge County authorities.
Adam C. Peterson, 20, apparently hanged himself and was found by his cellmate. Peterson was discovered hanging from an upper bunk bed railing shortly after 10 p.m. One end of a bed sheet was tired around his neck and the other tied to the railing of the bed, according to the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department.