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Alabama - Death Row inmate dies
Jennie Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:44 pm
Death row inmate found dead in Donaldson prison cell
A death row inmate has died in the prison infirmary at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer.
According to Brian Corbett, a corrections department spokesman, 50-year-old Shep Wilson Jr., of Talladega County died of natural causes on Thursday.
Corbett said Wilson was awaiting a new capital murder trial. He had been sentenced to die for the November 1986 kidnapping, rape and murder of a store clerk in Sylacauga. 19-year-old Monica Cook of Sycamore was found dead several days after she abducted from a convenience store.
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office said Wilson had a long term illness.
(source: Associated Press)
A death row inmate has died in the prison infirmary at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer.
According to Brian Corbett, a corrections department spokesman, 50-year-old Shep Wilson Jr., of Talladega County died of natural causes on Thursday.
Corbett said Wilson was awaiting a new capital murder trial. He had been sentenced to die for the November 1986 kidnapping, rape and murder of a store clerk in Sylacauga. 19-year-old Monica Cook of Sycamore was found dead several days after she abducted from a convenience store.
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office said Wilson had a long term illness.
(source: Associated Press)
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