Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor

Alvin W. Keller Jr.
Secretary

North Carolina Department of Correction

Maury inmate found dead in apparent suicide

MAURY – Inmate Johnny Lewis, 55, (#0240471) was found dead Tuesday morning, the victim of an apparent suicide.  Officers at Maury Correctional Institution discovered Lewis at 6:30 a.m. in his cell with a belt around his neck.

Lewis was serving a life sentence for a second degree murder conviction in Robeson County in 1978.

The Greene County Sheriff's Department is conducting the investigation.

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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