Wesley Turner
Wesley Turner was held at Lanesboro Correctional Institution, a state prison in Polkton, North Carolina, when he was stabbed on the afternoon of September 28, 2012. He was taken to Anson Community Hospital, where he died. The N.C. Department of Public Safety and the Anson County Sheriff's Office said fellow prisoners killed him, and a grand jury later indicted three men in connection with his death and the stabbing of another prisoner. A 2019 lawsuit filed by another prisoner says gang members whom officers allowed to his cell killed him. State criminal investigators said that minutes before the killing, two of the attackers had visited an assistant unit manager's office, and that they did not know whether officers were trying to help the assailants.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed; neglect alleged). State corrections officials and investigators say fellow inmates stabbed him, while Hunt's lawsuit says prison officers let gang members into his cell, where they killed him.
Reported by: N.C. Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him); Anson County Sheriff's Office (outside investigators); State Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators); Anson County Grand Jury (court); Hunt's lawsuit.
Lawsuit: Another inmate, Hunt, filed a lawsuit alleging that prison officers let gang members into Wesley Turner's cell, where they killed him, and no settlement or award amount was reported.