Jerry Douglas Holmes
Jerry Douglas Holmes was held at Ridgeland Correctional Institute in South Carolina. According to the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office, he was found unresponsive in his blood-soaked cell on June 22, 2017, and an autopsy found he had been stabbed in the neck with a homemade weapon and had more than 80 other wounds. Investigators recovered several weapons from a trash can near his cell, the solicitor's office said. Prosecutors said another prisoner killed him, and a Jasper County court found that prisoner guilty in August 2023.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office and an autopsy say another prisoner killed him in his cell, stabbing him in the neck and more than 80 other times; that prisoner was later convicted.
Reported by: autopsy; 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office (outside investigators); pathologist testimony.
Sources (4)
- Former Ridgeland prisoner convicted of murdering fellow inmate
- "This killing was savage and premeditated": Ridgeland prisoner known as 'Animal' convicted of killing fellow inmate
- Former Ridgeland inmate convicted for brutal murder of fellow prisoner
- Former Ridgeland prisoner, convicted in killing of fellow inmate, gets life