Clarendon, Ark. – A 44-year-old inmate was found injured and later died Friday while in custody at the Monroe County Detention Center, prompting a homicide investigation.
According to the Arkansas State Police, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office requested the agency’s Criminal Investigation Division to assist after Terry Craig of Clarendon was discovered injured in his jail cell on Friday afternoon. Craig had been booked into the facility earlier that day at 12:30 p.m. on charges of possession of child sexual abuse materials and possession of a firearm by certain persons.
Authorities said Craig was transported to Baptist Health Medical Center in Stuttgart, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 10 p.m. His body has been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy to determine the manner and cause of death.
Investigators have reportedly identified other inmates as suspects. No arrests have been announced, and officials say the investigation remains active.
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