Offender Jonathan M. Lechner (#1134193) died Wednesday night at Pasquotank Correctional Institution after an apparent suicide.

He was found unresponsive in his cell at 9:06 p.m.

Prison medical staff and local paramedics responded and performed life-saving measures in attempts to resuscitate the offender. He was taken by EMS to an outside medical facility where he was pronounced dead. DPS officials and local law enforcement are investigating the incident.

Lechner, 33, was convicted as a sex offender in 2019. He was scheduled to be released in August 2020.