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In the quiet confines of the Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility in Tennessee, a violent end came for 43-year-old Carl Isaac Estep, a white male inmate, on January 15, 1985. Estep, who was serving a life sentence for aggravated rape, was found in his cell, the victim of a brutal stabbing. The attack was swift and merciless, leaving Estep with 38 stab wounds to his chest and neck, inflicted with homemade knives. The fatal encounter unfolded during a guard shift change, a window of opport ...Read More
Victim Details

Carl Estep

Male

White / Caucasian

Morgan County

TN

1985-01-15

43

Carl

Estep

01/05/2026