Steven Green committed suicide in jail

Former soldier at center of murder of Iraqi family dies after suicide attempt
CNN
By Steve Almasy
February 18, 2014

Former Army soldier Steven D. Green was convicted five years ago of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering her and her family.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Steven Green was found in his cell on Thursday and died two days later
A medical examiner ruled his death suicide by hanging
In 2006, Green and four others raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killed some of her family
He was sentenced to multiple life terms in federal court because he had left the Army

(CNN) -- A former U.S. soldier convicted five years ago of murdering an Iraqi family died Saturday, two days after an apparent suicide attempt in his Arizona prison cell, authorities said.

Steven Green was found unresponsive last Thursday, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The deputy chief medical examiner with Pima County, Dr. Eric Peters, said the cause of death was suicide by hanging.

In 2009, Green was found guilty in U.S. District Court in Kentucky of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering her, her parents and her 6-year-old sister in the town of Yusufiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad. The crimes occurred three years before the conviction.

Prosecutors sought the death penalty but a jury couldn't reach a unanimous decision.

He issued a public apology for his crimes, one the relatives of the victims didn't accept.
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