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Man convicted in Hall murder found dead in apparent suicide at prison
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Brian Villa-Rivera sits between attorney Dan Sammons, left, and interpreter Guillermo Arenas in Hall County Superior Court in 2016 as he enters a plea of guilty to the March 2010 murder of 67-year-old Gainesville man Ramon Hernandez. Rivera was found unresponsive in his prison cell Saturday, Oct. 20, from an apparent suicide. - photo by Scott Rogers
A man serving a life sentence for a 2010 Hall County murder was found unresponsive in his prison cell Saturday, Oct. 20, from an apparent suicide, according to Georgia Department of Corrections officials. Brian Villa-Rivera was found around 6 p.m. Saturday in his Macon State Prison cell by correctional officers.