By Associated Press - Monday, January 27, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a Bronx man who died after being found unconscious in his jail cell appears to have hanged himself.

The NYPD says 51-year-old Edward Soto man was found unresponsive in his cell at a police station on Manhattan’s Upper East Side around 10 a.m. Sunday.

He was transported to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.



Police say it appeared that he hanged himself with a cord found in his cell. The medical examiner’s office will determine the cause of death.

The NYPD’s internal affairs bureau is investigating.

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