A Flagstaff man was found dead Friday morning in his cell in the Coconino County Detention Center. Officials were conducting a security and welfare check at around 1:35 a.m. and found 33-year-old Francisco Jesus-Rumaldo Rivera hanging by a bed sheet, tied to the ladder of his bunk. Life-saving measures were conducted on Rivera, but he was pronounced dead a short time later. Rivera had been arrested by Flagstaff Police Wednesday on six counts of forgery, two counts of theft, and fleeing from an officer. He was being held on $25-thousand bond. Rivera was housed in a cell with another inmate in the COVID-19 Quarantine housing unit. The other inmate told officers he was asleep and not aware of what Rivera was doing. No foul play is suspected.
Flagstaff Man Found Dead In His Jail Cell Friday Morning
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