A Las Vegas man accused of abducting and killing an 18-year-old girl outside a Walmart earlier this year was found dead in his cell in a suspected suicide, authorities said.
Troy Driver, 43, was discovered unresponsive inside his cell at the Lyon County maximum-security jail on Sunday evening.
“Deputies immediately entered the cell and started lifesaving measures to include CPR,” Sheriff Brad Pope said.
The Sheriff added that Driver had “no contact with other inmates” suggesting his death was “self-inflicted.”
Driver had been in jail since March in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Naomi Irion after he was spotted in surveillance footage forcing his way into the victim’s car as she left a Walmart.
17 days after she was kidnapped, Irion’s remains were located at a gravesite in a remote area of Churchill County on March 29.
Police alleged that Driver raped Irion and fatally shot her before burying the body. His trial was set to begin on July 9, 2024.
