US Marshals Say Federal Inmate Hangs Himself
POSTED: 10:53 pm MST December 24, 2008
UPDATED: 6:42 am MST December 25, 2008
_DENVER -- The U.S. Marshals Service says a federal inmate facing bank
robbery charges from New Mexico died after hanging himself in his cell.
Deputy U.S. Marshal David Floyd says 29-year-old Eloy Medina was found
unresponsive in his cell Tuesday night during a routine check at the Jefferson
County jail in Golden, Colo. on Denver's western edge.
He died at a Denver hospital Wednesday morning. _
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Floyd says the death is under investigation.