Kevin Esterly, a 53-year-old Pennsylvania man convicted of sexually abusing an underage girl for years before taking her to Mexico was found unresponsive in his prison cell Saturday morning, investigators said. Esterly was incarcerated at the Lehigh County Jail and was alone in his cell after a fellow inmate had recently been moved to another area of the jail.Authorities said he was not diagnosed with a mental health issue and believe he took his own life. Esterly died before his sentencing after being convicted of sexually abusing a girl he met through church, beginning when she was 14.He had denied the allegations and faced decades in prison.
Kevin Esterly, a 53-year-old Pennsylvania man convicted of sexually abusing an underage girl for years before taking her to Mexico was found unresponsive in his prison cell Saturday morning, investigators said.
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Esterly was incarcerated at the Lehigh County Jail and was alone in his cell after a fellow inmate had recently been moved to another area of the jail.
Authorities said he was not diagnosed with a mental health issue and believe he took his own life.
Esterly died before his sentencing after being convicted of sexually abusing a girl he met through church, beginning when she was 14.
He had denied the allegations and faced decades in prison.