Death of convicted killer in Georgia prison being investigated
The Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating the death of convicted killer Donnie Hulett at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga.
A report on the GDC website, http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/, says Hulett’s death Monday is being investigated as an apparent suicide.
Hulett was sentenced to death in 2004 in Walker County for the 2002 murders of brothers Larry and Arvine Phelps.
According to the report, at 5 a.m. Monday, correctional officers found Hulett unresponsive in his cell.
Prison medical staff attempted to revive him and he was prounounced dead at 6:45 a.m. by the Butts County coroner.
Larry Gierer: 706-571-8581, @lagierer
This story was originally published October 2, 2017 at 3:14 PM with the headline "Death of convicted killer in Georgia prison being investigated."