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Died in prison

Terry Pettiway

29 years old · died September 2, 2018 · Saint Clair Correctional Facility, St. Clair County, Alabama

Terry Pettiway was 29 years old. On the evening of Sunday, September 2, 2018, he was found unresponsive with a stab wound at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama, and he died at a hospital. The Alabama Department of Corrections said investigators believed another man held there was responsible.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Alabama Department of Corrections says another inmate stabbed him at St. Clair Correctional Facility.

Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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