ANSON COUNTY, N.C. — Police are investigating after a former Fort Bragg soldier who was serving time at Lanesboro Correctional Institution apparently committed suicide over the weekend.
Christopher Blackett, 25, was found unresponsive in his cell Sunday afternoon, officials said. He was pronounced dead after attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
Blackett was serving more than 26 years after convictions for second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He was a Fort Bragg soldier from California who was convicted in August 2016 of the 2011 death of his 17-year-old neighbor, Vincent Carlisle II of Spring Lake.
The Polkton Police Department is investigating Blackett's death.
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