Brown declined comment on an earlier statement by the state Department of Public Safety a preliminary indication of the inmate's death was he may have been using a synthetic form of marijuana known as K2. “I have no comment until the results of the autopsy are published,” he said.
A correctional sergeant found Moss unresponsive just before midnight Wednesday, DPS said. Correctional staff initiated CPR and called EMS and the Halifax County Sheriff's Office. Chief Deputy Scott Hall of the sheriff's office confirmed the organization responded but had no further details.
Attempts to resuscitate the inmate failed and he was pronounced dead shortly before 1 this morning.
Moss was serving a 28-year sentence for second-degree murder in Lincoln County and was convicted in 2002.
