Dillion Compton was sentenced to death by the State of Texas for the murder of a correctional guard
According to court documents Dillion Compton, who is a convicted sex offender, would strangle correctional guard Mari Johnson at the French Robertson Unit
Dillion Compton says he murdered the guard in order to keep their relationship quiet
Dillion Compton would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
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A convicted sex offender found guilty of killing a female corrections officer in Texas has been sentenced to death.
A Jones County jury on Tuesday ordered the death penalty for 24-year-old Dillion Compton
Compton was convicted of capital murder Oct. 15 in the July 2016 slaying of CO Mari Johnson, whose beaten body was found in a storage unit at the Robertson prison in Abilene.
The killing occurred while Compton was incarcerated for aggravated sexual assault of a child in a 2010 attack on a Dallas County girl.
Prosecutors say Johnson suffered blunt force trauma and a crushed throat. Compton was found with scratches on his face and his skin underneath Johnson’s fingernails.
Compton’s defense attorney said Compton and Johnson had a sexual relationship.
