BATH, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a group home employee accused of killing a man in his care has died by suicide in an upstate New York jail.
WHEC-TV reports that 64-year-old Alan Schultheis died Friday at Steuben County Jail. Sheriff’s deputies say Schultheis jumped from a second-floor area inside the jail.
Police say Schultheis admitted to fatally stabbing 60-year-old Jay Sprague on Nov. 4. Sprague was a resident of a group home in Hornell where Schultheis was employed.
Schultheis was facing charges of murder and tampering with evidence.
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Information from: WHEC-TV, http://www.10nbc.com
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