Raleigh murder suspect found unresponsive in jail cell hours after arrest

Saturday, March 25, 2017
RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) -- An 18-year-old Raleigh murder suspect was found unresponsive in his jail cell just hours after being arrested this week, officials said.

On Tuesday, Jose Humberto Lara Pinda was charged with first-degree murder and booked into to the Wake County Detention Center.
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Pineda was being held in a single-occupancy cell. Later that day, Pineda was found unresponsive in his cell from self-inflicted injuries.

Emergency medical and life-saving procedures were performed by Wake County Detention Center officers, medical staff, and Raleigh police.
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Wake County EMS responded and transported him to Wake Medical Center. On Wednesday, officials were notified that Pineda had died.



This incident is under investigation.

On Thursday, a teen charged with murder in Durham killed herself inside her Durham County Jail cell. Read more about that here.

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