Steven Roy Earley Jr.
Steven Roy Earley Jr., 43, died on January 2, 2018, at Tyger River Correctional Institution in Enoree, South Carolina, where he had been held since 2016. State corrections officials and Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Cleveger said he died of an apparent hanging, and the coroner's office was called before 3 a.m. The manner of death was listed as pending, and an autopsy was planned for later that week.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Cleveger and state corrections officials say he died by apparent hanging, and the manner of death is pending an autopsy.
Reported by: Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Cleveger (medical examiner or coroner); State corrections officials (the agency that held him).