HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — The man arrested for the August murder of a Henrico woman has died by suicide in jail, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.
Richard Alan Lombardi, 51, died at Henrico Jail West at around 8 p.m. Thursday, those sources said.
Lombardi told his cellmate to leave the cell before he used a bed sheet to hang himself, they added.
Lombardi was charged in August with the second-degree murder of his ex-girlfriend, 49-year-old Amber Riley.
Riley was a mother and manager at Capital One.
Lombardi allegedly strangled Riley to death at her home in the West End.
Henrico Police responded to the 9500 block of Downing Street, in the Gates Head neighborhood on August 7, 2023, at about 3 p.m., for a reported domestic disturbance.
Lombardi was in Henrico Jail West with no bond and was awaiting his next court appearance, which was scheduled for October 11.
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