Sheriff calls Troy Driver, charged with killing Fernley teen, a coward for killing himself
Lyon County officials will provide updates on the apparent suicide of Troy Driver, held in connection with the 2022 death of Naomi Irion.
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Lyon County officials will provide updates on the apparent suicide of Troy Driver, held in connection with the 2022 death of Naomi Irion.
On August 6, 2023, at 1817 hours, deputies assigned to the Lyon County Jail were conducting routine hourly cell checks and conducting inmate head counts when they discovered an inmate who was unresponsive.
The man accused of killing Naomi Irion, an 18-year-old who vanished in March 2022 from a Walmart parking lot in Nevada, committed suicide, according to a news release from the Lyon County Sheriff's Office.
Nevada inmate Troy Driver, awaiting trial in the kidnapping and murder of 18-year-old Naomi Irion, has died by suicide in his prison cell, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office.
A man awaiting trial on kidnapping, sexual assault and murder charges in the fatal shooting of a rural northern Nevada teenager last year was found dead in his jail cell where he apparently killed himself, the local sheriff said.