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Wissink charged with murder of corrections officer
By fayobserver.com- Michael Futch
Published: 05/01/2017

An inmate convicted of first-degree murder in Cumberland County 13 years ago has been charged in the Wednesday murder of a corrections officer in Bertie County, according to the N.C. Department of Public Safety.

On Thursday, the Windsor Police Department charged Craig Wissink with killing 29-year-old correctional Sgt. Meggan Lee Callahan. She died about 6:20 p.m. Wednesday following the incident at Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor.

Callahan was assaulted about 5:30 p.m. while responding to a trash can fire in a dormitory of Bertie Correctional, a news release said. Callahan had gotten a fire extinguisher and was attempting to put out the fire when Wissink attacked her.

A struggle ensued.

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