Nevada Inmate Whose Execution Called Off Found Dead in Cell

Death row inmate Scott Raymond Dozier, who was convicted in 2007 of robbing, killing, and dismembering a 22-year-old man in Las Vegas, and was convicted in Arizona in 2005 of another murder and dismemberment near Phoenix, was found dead in his cell. Nevada Department of Corrections/AP

LAS VEGAS—A twice-convicted murderer who had repeatedly said he wanted to die by lethal injection was found dead in his death row prison cell from an apparent hanging, officials said on Jan. 5.

Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found unresponsive in his death-row cell at the state’s maximum-security prison in Ely, Department of Corrections spokeswoman Brooke Santina told The Associated Press.