Hopkins County Man Dies At State Prison In Anderson County

An inmate from Hopkins County has died of COVID 19 at the Tennessee Colony state prison in Anderson County. TDCJ authorities say 68-year-old James Matthews had shown symptoms of the virus on April 9 and had tested for the Coronavirus. He was found unresponsive in his cell on April 13, and officials ordered an autopsy. He had served 17 years of a 40-year sentence for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child.