Carlos Zegarro-Arroyo
Carlos Zegarro-Arroyo, a man born in Lima, Peru, who moved to the United States as a young child, died on November 19, 2023, at the Clayton County Jail in Georgia. His family remembers him as a math whiz who loved baseball, swimming and animals, and as someone very close to his family, who called him Charlie. Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen said a cellmate beat him, punching, kicking and slamming his head on a toilet, and that the attack was racially motivated. His family's attorney called the death a preventable result of overcrowding at the jail, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to investigate.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). Sheriff Levon Allen says his cellmate beat him in a racially motivated attack, and his family's attorney calls the death a preventable result of overcrowding at the jail.
Reported by: Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen (the agency that held him); his family's attorney (family or their lawyers).
News reports (4)
- Inmate beats cellmate to death in ‘racially-motivated’ attack, Clayton County sheriff says - WSB-TV
- Ga. inmate accused of fatally beating cellmate in ‘racially motivated’ attack
- Victim of ‘racially-motivated’ murder at Clayton County Jail identified, family wants justice
- Ossoff calls for federal probe into Clayton County Jail