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Inmate indicted in death of West Tennessee prisons administrator

Curtis Ray Watson, an inmate accused of assaulting and killing a corrections administrator before escaping prison on a tractor, has been indicted on several cha...

Curtis Ray Watson, an inmate accused of assaulting and killing acorrections administrator before escaping prison on a tractor, has beenindicted on several charges, including murder and rape.

Watson is indicted on 15 counts in the killing of TennesseeDepartment of Corrections Administrator Debra Johnson.

Debra Johnson

August 7, 2019, Watson was working on the lawn at the WestTennessee State Penitentiary near Henning. Investigators say he sexuallyassaulted and killed Johnson at her home on the prison grounds that morning.

Watson has not entered a plea. An arraignment will be set.

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