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Suspect in August murder of Henrico woman dies by suicide in jail

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The man arrested for the August murder of a Henrico woman has died by suicide in jail, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.

Richard Alan Lombardi, 51, died at Henrico Jail West at around 8 p.m. Thursday, those sources said.

Lombardi told his cellmate to leave the cell before he used a bed sheet to hang himself, they added.

Lombardi was charged in August with the second-degree murder of his ex-girlfriend, 49-year-old Amber Riley.

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