An inmate held at the Federal Correctional Complex, in Terre Haute, has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting to stabbing his cellmate 43 times, leading to their death, according to the United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Indiana.

Lawrence Taylor, already serving time for bank robberies, will spend life in prison after fatally stabbing his cellmate 43 times at a federal facility in Indiana.

Lawrence Taylor, 44, admitted to stabbing Jan Stevens to death in January 2019 at the high-security USP Terre Haute facility, according to investigators. Taylor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a life sentence Feb.

An inmate at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute was sentenced Thursday for murdering his cellmate.

The next day, an autopsy was done on Stevens and found he had been stabbed 43 times, prosecutors said. Taylor and Stevens shared the same cell for three days before the fatal stabbing, according to officials.

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