A Nevada man accused of killing 18-year-old Naomi Irion, who disappeared from a Walmart parking lot last year, killed himself in jail Sunday, according to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office.
Troy Driver, 43, was awaiting trial in the death of Irion at the Lyon County jail in Nevada when he died. He was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in connection with Irion’s disappearance on March 12.
Lyon County Jail deputies were conducting a routine check and inmate count around 6:17 p.m. when they found Driver unresponsive, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
Officers administered life-saving measures to Driver, including CPR, and an ambulance was dispatched to the jail. The driver was pronounced dead by medical personnel after several rounds of CPR to no avail.
“Preliminary details thus far indicate that Driver committed suicide by asphyxiation,” Sheriff Brad Pope said in the news release. “The driver was housed in a maximum security cell and had no contact with other inmates,” he added.
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