Died in jail or a lockup
Christopher Lynn Jones
Christopher Lynn Jones, 40, died in 2019 while held at the Johnston County Jail in Smithfield, North Carolina. A 2021 INDY Week report on recent jail deaths listed the cause of his death as a drug overdose. Questions about how the overdose happened in the jail, and how staff responded, remain open.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose