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Suspected killer of CO Eric Williams identified

Inmate Jessi Con-ui has been named in connection with the murder of CO Williams

By Lauren Ryder and Mike Vojtko
WNEP

CANAAN TOWNSHIP — Federal authorities are investigating an inmate for the murder of Corrections Officer Eric Williams, from Nanticoke.

The suspect, identified as Jessi Con-ui, 36, of Arizona, was serving time in federal prison on drug charges. Con-ui was also sentenced to life in prison for a murder in Arizona in 2002.

Corrections Officer Williams was killed last month while on duty at the Federal Prison near Waymart

Full story: UPDATE: Suspected Killer of Corrections Officer Identified