Death of Columbia prison inmate being investigated as a homicide
The death of 48-year-old inmate who died Tuesday is being investigated as a homicide, the South Carolina Department of Corrections said.
Trey Chavez Brown was found unresponsive in his cell at the Broad River Road Correctional Institution in Columbia.
Brown was serving a 35-year sentence after pleading guilty to the 2006 murder of his father-in-law, according to the Anderson Independent Mail.
Brown was serving 30 years for the murder and five years for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
The case is being investigated by the corrections department’s Inspector General’s office, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and Richland County Coroner’s office.
Joseph Bustos
The State