Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Carl Stephen Moseley

56 years old · died February 17, 2022 · Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina

Carl Stephen Moseley, 56, of Mount Airy, died on February 17, 2022, at the Central Prison Healthcare Complex in Raleigh, a hospital that treats people held in state prisons. Prison officials said he died of natural causes and gave no further details. His advocate, Christine Mumma, director of the N.C. Center for Actual Innocence, said he had been diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer in July before his death. A court agreement for DNA testing had been submitted to a judge but had not been signed when he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. NC prison officials said he died of natural causes, and Christine Mumma, director of the N.C. Center for Actual Innocence, said he had been diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer in July.

Reported by: NC prison officials (the agency that held him); Christine Mumma, director of the N.C. Center for Actual Innocence (advocates).

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