GOLDSBORO, N.C. — An inmate is dead after an apparent suicide in Goldsboro.
Officials said Jeremy Dillon, 36, was found in his cell unresponsive at Neuse Correctional Institution shortly before 12 p.m.
EMS was called as first responders at the prison performed life-saving measures. Dillon was declared dead around 12:20 p.m., according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS).
Law enforcement has been made aware of Dillon's death and is investigating. NCDPS is cooperating with the investigation and launching their own.
Dillon was in jail for a habitual felon charge on April 2017 in Rockingham County.
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