Hillsborough Fire Captain dies in prison in the obvious suicide, say MPs

A fire brigade captain of Hillsborough, who was charged last month for child pornography, died on Wednesday, a day after he was found by a bed leaf in the Falkenburg Road prison to end his life, said the MPs.

The MPs of the prison discovered Marshall van Nelson, 52, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office around 2 p.m. on Tuesday on Tuesday at a shower door. The MPs and the medical staff of the prison began life -saving efforts before Nelson was taken to a local hospital. He was declared dead the next day.

The medical examiner's office in Hillsborough was working to confirm Nelson's cause of death. The examination of the sheriff office for his death continued.

Nelson was arrested on January 30 for 100 possessions of the possession of children's phonography and a number of illegal use of a communication device after Detective served a search command with the Internet Predator unit of the Sheriff office, “at a place in Hillsborough County after a thorough examination,” said the Sheriff's Office in a time given at the time Press release with.

During the search, Detective found “numerous electronics with more than 300 pictures and videos of sexual abuse of children,” the press release said.

A search command submitted in the case shows that investigators searched Nelson's house in RiverView on the day of his arrest and confiscated several electronic devices, including a telephone, tablet, laptop, hard drives and digital memory cards.

A judge provided Nelson's bond at 755,000 US dollars. A public defense lawyer named in Nelson submitted a written claim for non -guilty on February 18. The next day, the public prosecutor's office in Hillsborough submitted formal charges, as court files.

Nelson hired a private lawyer who in his name at a trial that was planned on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., about five hours before Nelson was stuck in prison, as recordings show.

This week, Nelson's lawyer also submitted an application in which the court was asked to reduce the bond or to release Nelson to his own recognition, as recorded. A copy of the application was not immediately available on Thursday. It is unclear whether a judge decided on the application before Nelson's death.

A status hearing in this case had been set for April 17th.

In a statement after his arrest, the Hillsborough County HR department said that Nelson was hired on October 1, 2001 and was transferred to the administrative leave, which would come into force on his next planned shift.