Man charged with 2 murders dies after jail suicide attempt

OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a Florida man awaiting trial on two murder charges died following a suicide attempt.

The Ocala Star-Banner (https://bit.ly/2neodDL) reports that 42-year-old Darren Decker died Thursday after being transferred to a hospital from the Citrus County Corrections Facility.

Decker was awaiting trial for the murders of Don “Terry” Plumeri and Tamara Bedenbaugh. He was arrested in April, along with 45-year-old Jessica Lynn Baker, in connection with a series of daytime burglaries in central and north Florida. The two were called the “Pillowcase Burglars.”

Decker was indicted by two separate county grand juries for murder.

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Information from: Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner, https://www.starbanner.com/