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]