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North Carolina
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

James B. Hunt Jr., Governor           Theodis Beck, Secretary


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
November 27, 2000 
Contact:  Tracy Little
              Director of Public Information
              (919) 716-3700

 

MAN FACING CHARGES IN JOHNSTON COUNTY 
COMMITS SUICIDE AT CENTRAL PRISON

 

RALEIGH -- A man sent to Central Prison to await the outcome of pending charges in Johnston County was pronounced dead this morning shortly after prison staff found him hanging inside a bathroom at the prison hospital. A note was found near the body.

Curtis Lee Woodall, 31, was admitted Friday night to Central Prison as a safekeeper from Johnston County. Woodall was in the prison hospital after receiving a gunshot wound during his arrest. Medical staff discovered Woodall’s body at approximately 3:30 a.m. today. He was pronounced dead at 3:45 a.m. by Central Prison medical staff. Woodall was last seen alive by prison staff at 3:05 a.m.

The State Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate the case, as is standard procedure following such incidents.

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