A man convicted in the 1986 murder of a convenience store clerk in Burlington died in a federal prison in Florida earlier this month, the Vermont Department of Corrections announced on Friday. Samuel Wright, 66, died on Oct. 19 at the Federal Correctional Complex USP Coleman I in Coleman, Florida, the department said in a press release. No cause of death was given. Wright, who was from Quebec, faced a long sentence and “deportation detainer” and thus was placed in federal custody, according to the release. “Mr. Wright was due to return to Vermont in 2026 to begin pre-release programming,” according to the department.Wright was serving 60 years to life for a murder that occurred during a robbery of a Champlain Farms convenience store, newspapers reported at the time. Prosecutors alleged Wright bludgeoned and stabbed a 26-year-old clerk, and his fingerprints were found at the scene.A second store employee was also found dead, but no one was ever charged in his death, according to later reports.  Read the story on VTDigger here: Man convicted in 1986 Burlington convenience store murder dies in Florida federal prison.