Christopher Parker
Christopher Parker, 33, was stabbed with a homemade weapon in a housing unit at Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville, North Carolina, around 10:00 p.m. on October 30, 2019. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:51 p.m. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety said local law enforcement was investigating and that it had opened an internal review, and the affected section of the prison was placed on lockdown. A later account from the district attorney said another person held at the prison was prosecuted in the death, and that the case was resolved in court in 2024.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety says another incarcerated man stabbed Parker with a homemade weapon in a housing unit, and a later court case resolved the prosecution of another incarcerated man in the death.
Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him); District Attorney Sarah Kirkman.