Inmate killed in St. Clair Prison

A north Alabama man convicted of capital murder in the 2005 shaking death of his infant son was stabbed to death in state prison early tuesday.

36 year old Jodey Wayne Waldrop, was stabbed with a prison shank. The incident happened about 1:57 a.m. inside the cell he shared with another man at St. Clair Correctional Facility, said St. Clair County Coroner Dennis Russell.

Waldrop was taken to St. Vincent's St. Clair where he was pronounced dead at 2:56 a.m., Russell said. Prison officials said an investigation is ongoing.

Waldrop was arrested in 2006 for the death of his 3-week-old son, Jodey Chance Waldrop, who was killed the previous year. The baby suffered fatal brain injuries from being violently shaken.