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Prison Guard Beaten To Death During Cell Transfer

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NEW BOSTON (CBSDFW.COM) - A Texas prisons spokesman says an inmate beat a guard to death during a cell transfer.

Inmate named Billy Tracy beat the rookie corrections officer to death, officials said. It happened in New Boston near Texarkana.

The 37-year-old inmate is serving life for a robbery and assault that happened in Rockwall.

The guard, Timothy Davidson was on the job just six months.

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