Piedmont_inmate_found_dead_in_apparent

North Carolina Department of Public Safety

Michael F. Easley Governor		Theodis Beck Secretary
North Carolina Department of Correction

For Release:	Contact: Keith Acree
Date: May 27, 2008	Phone: 919 -716-3700
Piedmont Correctional Institution inmate found dead in apparent suicide SALISBURY - Inmate Shannon L. Weathers, 39, was found dead Friday evening, the victim of an apparent suicide. Officers at Piedmont Correctional Institution in Salisbury found the inmate about 6:45 p.m. hanging by a sheet tied to a sprinkler head in his cell. Weathers was serving a 9-to-11 month sentence for speeding to elude arrest, resisting an officer and receiving a stolen vehicle. He was convicted in Gaston County. The Salisbury Police Department is investigating. An autopsy is being conducted by the medical examiner’s office in Charlotte. # # #

North Carolina Department of Correction
Public Information Office 4202 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699-4202
Phone (919) 716-3700 Fax: (919) 716-3795 www.doc.state.nc.us