LEE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — Arkansas State Police is investigating a suspicious death of an at the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Lee County.
The investigation comes as authorities found 25-year-old Tevis Maxwell "unresponsive in his cell" around 6:07 a.m. on Friday.
According to police, lifesaving measures were initiated but were unsuccessful.
ASP believes Maxwell "might have been strangled" as he was being housed with another inmate in a two-person cell.
His cellmate is being questioned about Maxwell's death.
Arkansas State Police said Maxwell was serving a 25-year sentence for rape, commercial burglary, second-degree battery, aggravated assault on a correctional employee and two counts of robbery.
He was sentenced on March 15, 2019, in Hempstead County. The Department of Corrections is conducting an internal investigation into Maxwell’s death.
This is an ongoing investigation. We will update this story with more information as it becomes available.