A child molester was stabbed to death Sunday morning by a fellow inmate at the Augusta State Medical Prison.
Shannon Levi Grier (pictured) was pronounced dead at the prison at 6:20 a.m. Sunday, Chief Deputy Coroner Kenneth Boose said in a press release.
Grier appears to have died from multiple sharp force trauma, Boose said.
Grier, 29, was serving a 25-year sentence for an aggravated child molestation and aggravated sodomy that occurred in Fulton County in 2007, according to a prison website. His release date was set for 2032.
Statement from GBI’s Patrick Morgan: “The identity of the second inmate involved in the altercation is not being released at this time pending consultation with the Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office concerning criminal charges. The second inmate has been transferred to another state prison… for security purposes.”
Grier’s body was transported to the GBI Crime Lab in Decatur, GA where an autopsy will be performed at a later time. The investigation is ongoing and is being conducted by the GBI, the Georgia Department of Corrections, and the Richmond County Coroner’s Office.
