ATHENS, Ala. (AP) – A state inmate who complained of mental problems before dying in a fall at a state prison in north Alabama last year killed himself, prison officials said an investigation determined.
The News Courier of Athens reported Friday that the death of Ben Christopher McClure, 23, at Limestone prison had been ruled a suicide.
McClure was serving 23 years for murder after pleading guilty in the shooting death of Michael Arnold Johnson in DeKalb, County in 2014. He jumped from the second tier of a cellblock in December, prison system spokesman Bob Horton said.
McClure suffered head injuries and died at a hospital.
Court records show that a lawyer told a judge that McClure, of Rainsville, was diagnosed with depression and anxiety around 2013.