Fiancée of Alabama prisoner Daniel Williams, 22, who died after 'two days of rape and torture' says his body was covered in cuts and bruises when she visited him in hospital

The fiancée of an Alabama inmate who died after he was allegedly beaten and raped for two days in prison has revealed his body was covered in cuts and bruises when she visited him in hospital hours before he passed away.  

Daniel Williams, 22, was two weeks from being released from serving a 12-month sentence for second-degree theft at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Alabama when a warden found him unresponsive in his dorm on October 22.

His family claims that the prison's warden told them that he suffered a 'drug overdose', but insiders at the prison told the Alabama Political Reporter that he had been 'kidnapped, bound, assaulted and sold out' by another inmate for 'two or three days'.

The father-of-one was declared brain dead upon his arrival at Jackson Hospital and provided palliative care, his family said in a GoFundMe campaign. He was taken off life support on November 5 and died four days later.

His fiancée, Amber, says she's still in shock about the state she found him in when she visited him in hospital, and has no clue how she'll raise their infant daughter. 

'How am I supposed to tell her about her daddy? Like, why isn't he here? Why didn't he ever come home,' she told WMTV 13.

'I went to the hospital and the nurses told me that he was assaulted and beaten really badly,' she added. 

'And when I went into the room, [he] had bruises all down his arm, like down to his fingers. He had cuts up and down and bruises on his legs. It was bad.'

His father Terry Williams said Daniel was brain-dead when he saw him, and his family were forced to make the decision to turn off his life support, after he was moved into palliative care. 

He said he was furious with the warden, saying: 'I called the warden, and I cussed him. I said, "Dude, you know this is not an overdose case? You know exactly what happened. How is this crap going to happen like this?" Well, it's under investigation right now. And that's the last time I even talked to the warden.'

Terry and his wife Taylor Bostic, who is- Daniel's stepmother,  allege that their son's body showed signs of physical abuse, including that 'his hands were bound'.  

The couple claims Williams' doctor described the alleged abuse as unlike anything he had ever seen throughout his 30-year medical career.

In addition to bruising and apparent binding, Bostic claims a nurse told her and Mr Williams that there were 'visible hand print bruises between Daniel's legs'.

The family said they asked for a rape kit to be conducted but claims their request was initially denied. They allege hospital staff finally examined him on November 1 after a lawyer got involved. The results of the kit are, as yet, unclear.

Mr Williams and Bostic say they are now committed to trying to get justice for Williams, who leaved behind a son and daughter, both aged one.

The outraged father said: 'We've got to stop this. If I can save a couple of lives, you know, I'm thankful.'

Terry Williams, his father, also said that he wasn't able to raise enough money to bury his son. Instead, he will be cremated.

He wrote on social media: 'I will let everyone know date and time once they tell me. Thanks everyone I really appreciate everything.

'Daniel Terry Williams fly high son, keep mom and granny company justice will be served. I love you son, till we meet again.'

His mother Tammy wrote online: 'My world my everything is gone why why why I promise you son I will take everything in my power to get justice for you.

'You didn't deserve any of this, they took you away from me, they took you away from your wife, your daughter. You asked me everyday to please watch out for your daughter I promise you son I will be here for the both of them.

'Your lovely beautiful daughter, you're beautiful wife, and I'll do everything I can I'm here for you son, I'm here for your daughter, I'm here for your wife.

'Everyday I talk to you to please just keep an eye on them don't let nothing happen to them, I promise you I would and I still will. I love you Daniel you're my sunshine, my only sunshine, and they took you away but I'll see you soon baby doll.

'I love you, you'll see me real soon, I love you to the moon and back.'

The Alabama Department of Corrections previously said in a statement: 'On Thursday, November 9, 2023, an inmate death was reported at Kilby Correctional Facility.

'Inmate Daniel Terry Williams was found unresponsive in the Health Care Unit. Medical staff attempted to revive him, but they were unable to resuscitate him, and he was pronounced deceased by the attending physician.

'On Sunday, October 22, 2023, a possible inmate-on-inmate assault was reported at Staton Correctional Facility.

'Inmate Williams was discovered unresponsive in his dorm and was transported to the Health Care Unit. Medical personnel treated Williams and monitored his condition.

'The decision was made to transfer him to an area hospital for further evaluation and treatment. He remained at the hospital until the family decided to remove him from life support.

'He was transported to Kilby Correctional Facility for long-term comfort care where he subsequently died. The ADOC Law Enforcement Services Division is investigating the incident.'

MailOnline has contacted the Alabama Department of Corrections for comment.