Inmate charged with capital murder for the death of Texas Corrections Officer Jovian Motley [Video]

TEXAS – The man accused of killing a Texas Corrections Officer has now been indicted. The parents of Jovian Motley described Monday as bittersweet.

They are grateful inmate Jabari Lewis is now charged with capital murder for the death of their son, Corrections Officer Jovian Motley at the Wainwright Unit, but they’re still dealing with his tragic loss.

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Motley was one of several Corrections Officers ordered to remove Lewis from his cell. Lewis was in there alone and refusing to come out, back in November 2023.

Motley was the only officer who didn’t make it out alive.

The 27-year-old’s parents have viewed video of the attack, but they say the light was out in the cell, and they couldn’t make out what they were seeing.

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