A teenager facing charges in robberies at two Arkansas Waffle House locations earlier this year was found hanged in his jail cell over the weekend, according to state police.
In a statement, Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said jailers discovered Keylan Comic, 19, of Bryant around 4:15 p.m. Saturday hanging from a bed sheet attached to a bed frame at the White County jail.
Sadler said jail staff reportedly then attempted life-saving measures on Comic until an ambulance took him to a local hospital.
Comic was pronounced dead at the hospital around 5:55 p.m. later that day, according to authorities.
The teenager was one of four accused of robbing a Waffle House in Searcy on East Race Street around 1:30 a.m. Sept. 13, Arkansas Online previously reported.
Police said that Comic was involved in a robbery at a Waffle House in Conway on Skyline Drive around 8:47 p.m. the day before.
Sadler said Comic's body has been sent to the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock for examination and to determine a cause of death.
The Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division is investigating Comic’s death.