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 and pronounced dead at 11:51 p.m. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety said local law enforcement is investigating and it has opened an internal review, and the prison was placed on lockdown. The Charlotte Observer reported that the article tied the killing to chronic staffing shortages at the prison, and the Alexander County Sheriff's Office said a suspect had been identified but not charged.
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 suspect was later prosecuted.
Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him); Alexander County Sheriff's Office (outside investigators).
Sources (7)
- North Carolina Department of Adult Correction records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars
- NC DPS: Inmate stabbed to death at Alexander Correctional Institution
- In short-staffed prison north of Charlotte, inmate is stabbed to death with a shank
- Inmate stabbed to death at state’s Alexander Correctional Inst.
- Officials investigating stabbing death of Alexander Correctional Institute inmate
- Sampson felon stabbed to death in state prison
- Carver sentenced in fatal prison stabbing