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Inmate Found Dead Inside New Jersey Prison Cell

A New Jersey inmate serving time for killing his ex-wife and her lover has been found dead in his prison cell.

NJ.com reports 57-year-old Nicholas Tejeda was found unresponsive in his cell just after 11 p.m. Sunday and was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.

Tejeda had been an inmate at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway since October 2007.

Officials didn't disclose the circumstances in which he died. An autopsy will be conducted.

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