A Senoia man accused of hitting and killing a Starr’s Mill High School student while driving drunk was found dead in his jail cell Friday, authorities said.
Fayette County Sheriff’s Office jail staff discovered Robert Lee Stevenson, 60, unresponsive Friday morning with signs of “self-inflicted injury,” according to Sheriff Barry H. Babb.
Stevenson was being held without bond on multiple charges including DUI, homicide by vehicle, reckless driving and hit-and-run in the Feb. 10 crash that killed 16-year-old Russell Logan.
Logan, a sophomore and a member of the school’s basketball team, was walking home on a sidewalk when he was struck by Stevenson’s Pontiac Grand Prix about 10 p.m., authorities said. He was pronounced dead at Piedmont Fayette Hospital.
Babb has requested the GBI to investigate Stevenson’s death. The sheriff said jail staff had no physical altercations with Stevenson and used no force against the man, who was the only occupant of an infirmary cell.
“This tragedy in our community continues to widen and has terribly affected these two families,” Babb said in a statement. “It is my prayer and anyone willing to join me in lifting these families and the faculty and students at Starr’s Mill High School as they continue to process, grieve and recover from this heartbreak.”
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