AL prison suicide means heartbreak and unanswered questions for family
Published Friday March 1, 2019
By Beth Shelburne
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - Matthew Blake Holmes was about to turn 29 years old when he took his own life. His mother, Theresa Holmes, thought her son had been doing well at Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest, where he was serving a 22-year sentence for a 2010 robbery conviction in Lee County.
Holmes had been at Limestone for four years and recently graduated from trade school, earning an electrical tech degree from Calhoun County Community College. He'd made the Dean's List, his mom said, and was enrolled in a special course through the University of North Alabama. He expected to be considered for parole next year.
“He had come a long way,” Holmes said. “He was doing great. I have no clue what happened. The prison will not tell me anything.”