A state inmate found dead in his cell at William Donaldson Correctional Facility in western Jefferson County has now been identified.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the inmate as Thomas Doyle Crowe. He was 45.

Crowe was found unresponsive in his cell about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Correctional officers made the discovery.

He was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m.

Yates said cause of death has not been determined but there were no signs of foul play or trauma.

Crowe and Toni Michelle Collins, 36, were charged with capital murder on Dec. 1, 2009, after 71-year-old Marvin Allen Dailey was found dead on Thanksgiving Day.

Firefighters found Dailey shortly after they were called to his home about 2 a.m. on Nov. 26, 2009. He lived just off Blount County 29, about 6 miles north of Oneonta.

Dailey was bludgeoned, likely with a hatchet or other sharp object, and burned alive in his home, police said.

A jury in 2012 convicted Crowe on three counts of capital murder – one each for robbery, burglary and arson – and voted 11-1 to recommend that Crowe be executed.

Blount County Circuit Court Judge Steven King followed the jury’s recommendation, sentencing Crowe to death.

Crowe was later granted a new trial due to jury instructions by the judge. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Collins is serving life in prison.