A 48-year-old inmate who was a person of interest in a Reno murder was found dead Wednesday in his cell at the Churchill County Jail. Sheriff Ben Trotter said Billey Standberry of Fallon was found hanging from the bars of his cell at about 2:30 a.m. On Wednesday, Trotter said the cause of death would not been known until an autopsy was conducted. Standberry was booked into the jail on Monday after Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies arrested the Fallon man in Gardnerville on March 13 on an active warrant. On March 12, Ryan Petty, 47, of Spanish Springs was found …
Inmate found dead at CC jail
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