Man accused in nursing home death is dead
A man accused of strangling a nursing home resident this week is dead.
Salvador Cisneros, 59, was pronounced dead Thursday at Miami Valley Hospital, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. The cause and manner of his death have not been determined.
A representative from the Montgomery County Sheriff ’s Office confirmed there was a suicide at the county jail. The jail declined to release the identity of the inmate pending an investigation.
However, A Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman said his office was made aware that Cisneros hanged himself in the jail early Friday morning. Cisneros was in custody in connection to the death of Anthony Moran.
Cisneros was accused of killing his Mary Scott Nursing Center roommate with a pillow. Wednesday morning, Dayton police were called to the Campus Drive nursing home after Anthony Moran was found unresponsive in his room.
During an interview with police, Cisneros “admitted that he killed Anthony Moran by putting a pillow over his face,” according to a court affidavit.
Moran, 45, died from asphyxia due to smothering/strangulation, according to Montgomery County
Coroner Kent Harshbarger.
Moran’s death was ruled a homicide.
In a 911 call, a worker from the nursing home told dispatchers that Cisneros told her that he killed Moran.
“He said, ‘I did. I killed Anthony,’ ” the woman said. “And his roommate is in there dead.”
The woman said she didn’t hear anything during the attack: “There wasn’t no screaming, no hollering, no nothing.”
The woman said at the time of the call, Cisneros was acting nice and calm.
“He’s always very sweet, gentle, calm. I don’t know what triggered, but he’s been fine all my shift,” she said.
Cisneros was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on Wednesday.