Otis was a convict who was incarcerated in Sing Sing.
Biography[]
On October 26, 1985, Otis stood behind Walter Kovacs in the prison cafeteria line. Otis started talking to Kovacs, preparing to stab him with a shiv; before he could cause him any harm, Kovacs seized a vat of hot cooking fat and doused the hulking convict, causing horrific burns.[1]
Otis languished in the prison hospital for the next five days and died on Halloween. One of Kovacs' old enemies, Big Figure, seized upon Otis' death to start a prison riot as a distraction to gain entry to Kovacs' isolation cell and kill him.[1][2]