A felon serving time for attempted murder has now been charged with killing his wife during a conjugal visit — in the same California lockup where another woman was recently killed under eerily similar circumstances.
Anthony Curry, 48, was hit with a murder rap last week after his spouse, 47-year-old Tania Thomas, was strangled to death at the Mule Creek State Prison near Sacramento during a visit last July, NBC News reported.
News of Thomas’ death only surfaced publicly after it was recently revealed another woman, Stephanie Dowells, 62, had been throttled allegedly by her inmate husband during an unsupervised visit at the same prison in November.
“I’m sick to my stomach that this happened to Tania, but then it happened again just months after her to Stephanie,” Thomas’ cousin, Jeanine Rojo, said.
“Something needs to be done — and it should have been done two homicides ago.”
Curry, who was sentenced in 2008 to life in prison for trying to kill a girlfriend, is accused of murdering his wife after she was found unconscious in the prison’s family visiting unit after an approved overnight stay on July 1, 2024.
Thomas’ death was ruled a homicide in December and the charges were only brought against her convict hubby last week.
Curry and Thomas, who share a 25-year-old son, had tied the knot in 2023.
Thomas’ family spoke out publicly about her demise after seeing recent reports about Dowells’ Nov. 13 slaying, which has also since been ruled a homicide.
While no charges have been filed, prosecutors allege her inmate husband, David Brinson, 54, strangled her during a conjugal visit.
Brinson, who was already serving life for four murders in the 90s, had initially tried to claim his wife had fainted during the overnight stay, prosecutors said.
It wasn’t immediately clear how long they had been married, or how they met.
Brinson, who was already serving life for four murders in the 90s, had initially tried to claim his wife had fainted during the overnight stay, prosecutors said.
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In the wake of the two killings, the families of both women are now demanding the prison change its rules so violent crims are prevented from having unsupervised visits.
“One thing I do want to know is how many other times has this happened at Mule Creek and it’s gone undetected,” Rojo said.
“If Stephanie’s family and Tania’s family didn’t come forward, the public would not have known.”