Advertisement Pablo Serrano-Vitorino found dead in St. Louis jail cell Serrano-Vitorino, an undocumented immigrant, was facing a death penalty trial in a multi-state crime spree

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The undocumented immigrant accused in the murders of five people across two states has been found dead in a St. Louis jail cell.The Montgomery County, Missouri, Sheriff's Office said Pablo Serrano-Vitorino was found unresponsive in his jail cell early Tuesday. He was rushed to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after 3 a.m.Serrano-Vitorino was facing a death penalty trial in connection with the deaths of four men in Kansas City, Kansas, and a fifth in Montgomery County in March 2016.That alleged crime spree kicked off a massive manhunt that ended with Serrano-Vitorino's arrest in New Florence, Missouri. Serrano-Vitorino was charged with four counts of murder in the shooting deaths of four men in the 300 block of South 36th Street.Police officers were called to the neighborhood around 11 p.m. Monday, March 7, 2016. When they arrived, officers said they found three men in their early 30s shot to death. A fourth shooting victim was located and rushed to a hospital, where he died. The victims were identified as Serrano-Vitorino's neighbor, 41-year-old Michael Capps, and three other men who were at Capps' home at the time of the attack: local brothers -- Austin Harter, 29, and Clint Harter, 27 -- and 36-year-old Jeremy Waters, of Miami County, Kansas.Investigators said they later found the truck Serrano-Vitorino was believed to have been driving abandoned along I-70 in Montgomery County, Missouri. Within 20 to 30 minutes a homicide was reported approximately five miles from where Serrano-Vitorino's truck was found. The Missouri Highway Patrol said 49-year-old Randy J. Norman was found dead in a home on nearby Tree Farm Road. Authorities connected Serrano-Vitorino with that crime. Serrano-Vitorino was found hiding face-down in a ditch along I-70 in Montgomery County after a multi-state manhunt. He was later charged with murder in Norman's death.The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office said Serrano-Vitorino was in the United States illegally and had been deported more than a decade before the alleged crime spree. "Mr. Serrano-Vitorino illegally re-entered the United States on an unknown date. ICE will continue to monitor this case and will place a detainer on Mr. Serrano-Vitorino if he is taken into local custody. ICE remains focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that prioritizes threats to national security, public safety and border security,” said public affairs officer Gail Montenegro.She issued an updated statement later about questions over whether he had been detained in Johnson County, Kansas, in 2015:"Mr. Serrano-Vitorino was fingerprinted Sept. 14, 2015 at the Overland Park Municipal Court, which generated the issuance of an ICE detainer. Further records checks indicate that ICE erroneously issued the detainer to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, instead of to the Overland Park Municipal Court. Mr. Serrano-Vitorino was not in Johnson County custody on Sept. 14, 2015. ICE regrets the error.”Days after his arrest, Serrano-Vitorino reportedly attempted suicide in jail.Authorities said he managed to cut himself with a safety razor. He was taken to an area hospital, treated and placed on suicide watch. In a Facebook post Tuesday, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said Serrano-Vitorino was found unresponsive in his cell, alone around 2:02 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities are now investigating his death.