State inmate fatally stabbed in Springville
Published 12:53 pm Friday, September 21, 2018
- Prison officials have identified 42-year-old Brandy Harris as a suspect in the fatal stabbing of Rogarius Bray, a fellow inmate at St. Clair County Correctional Facility in Springville. Harris will be charged with first-degree murder. Photo courtesy of ADOC
The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred Thursday at the St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville.
Rogarius Bray, 33, was fatally stabbed during an altercation with another inmate in a housing area at 10:27 p.m. Bray was taken to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.
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Prison officials have identified 42-year-old Brandy Harris as a suspect in the stabbing. Harris will be charged with first-degree murder. The circumstances leading to the altercation and fatal stabbing are unknown at this time.
Bray was serving a life sentence for a 2003 first-degree robbery and murder conviction in Jefferson County. Harris is serving a 50-year sentence for a 1997 murder conviction in Walker County.
