Inmate Found Dead In Apparent Suicide

Inmate Found Dead In Apparent Suicide
By HILDA MUÑOZ Courant Staff Writer
1:56 PM EDT, July 23, 2008
NEWTOWN - An inmate who hanged himself in an apparent suicide at Garner Correctional Institution early this morning has been identified as a man facing murder and assault charges in the fatal shooting of his pregnant girlfriend in April, sources said.The inmate hanged himself by tying a bed sheet around his neck and the other end to the cell door, Department of Correction spokesman Brian Garnett said. His cellmate notified prison staff around 4:30 a.m.Garnett said authorities are withholding the inmate's name until his next of kin are notified. However, sources familiar with the incident said the inmate is Alfredo "Junior" Ferrer, who was arrested in April after a standoff with police behind a local tavern in Coventry.
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