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| Prisoner death is apparent suicide |
| By Newsday |
| Published: 10/07/2004 |
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An inmate was found dead Tuesday night inside his cell at the maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution in Connecticut, prison officials said. The man, 29-year-old Alfredo Quiroga of Hartford, apparently committed suicide, said Brian Garnett, a spokesman for the Department of Correction. He was awaiting trial on multiple charges of kidnapping and rape. He was found unresponsive in his cell about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, with a sheet tied around his neck with the other end attached to the top bunk in his cell, Garnett said. Quiroga was the only person in the cell, Garnett said. He was taken to Johnson Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:20 p.m. This was the seventh apparent suicide in the prison system since April. |
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