Michael Williams
Michael Williams, 26, died on August 2, 2006, while held at Tyrrell Prison Work Farm in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Correction said he was found unconscious and hanging from a bed sheet in his cell in segregation at about 8:35 a.m., alone. Efforts to revive him failed, and he died at 9:45 a.m. at Washington County Hospital. The department describes the death as an apparent suicide, and the Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office is investigating.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The North Carolina Department of Correction describes the death as an apparent suicide by hanging from a bed sheet in a segregation cell, and the Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office is investigating.
Reported by: North Carolina Department of Correction (the agency that held him); Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office (outside investigators).