Who was Naomi Irion? Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Cause of Death

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Before going on trial, the suspect in the sexual assault and murder of Naomi Irion, an 18-year-old kidnapped on March 12, 2022, outside a Walmart in Nevada, passed away over the weekend in custody.According to the sheriff's office, Troy Driver, 43, "committed suicide by asphyxiation" in his "maximum security jail cell" in the Lyon County detention on Sunday.

"On August 6, 2023, at 1817 hours, deputies assigned to the Lyon County Jail were conducting routine hourly cell checks and conducting inmate head counts when they discovered an inmate who was unresponsive," stated sheriff Brad Pope in a statement. Attempts to revive Driver with "several rounds" of CPR by attending deputies and fire department medical staff were failed, according to the authorities, and the prisoner died.

Naomi Irion Age

Naomi Irion was 21 years old.

Naomi Irion Cause of Death

Driver was "housed in a maximum security jail cell and had no contact with other inmates at the time of his death," the sheriff added.The Nevada State Police Division of Investigations has been requested to look into the circumstances leading up to the apparent suicide because the murder suspect passed away while in the custody of the jail, according to the sheriff.

Driver was on trial for the murder of Naomi Irion when her body was discovered at a "gravesite" in a rural place on March 29, 2022. Authorities claimed that Irion had been waiting for a shuttle to take her to a nearby Panasonic factory, where she worked in the battery production division, weeks ago at the Fernley, Nevada, Walmart parking lot.

Irion's automobile was allegedly parked on a security video taken just after 5:00 a.m. on the day of the kidnapping, according to the authorities. An individual who was later identified as Driver suddenly circled the parking lot while donning a gray hoodie, jeans, and a mask. On a wanted poster at the time, the FBI stated that "[s]he was abducted by a nondescript male who entered the driver's seat of her vehicle."

Naomi's car was discovered three days later close to the Sherman Williams Western Emulsion Plant. Driver was initially detained on March 25, 2022, for kidnapping; however, he was later charged with shooting and killing Irion; also, he was accused of erasing evidence to cover up a sexual assault. Irion had head and chest wounds.

In court documents submitted in July 2022, it was stated that the driver "did willfully and unlawfully subject another person to sexual penetration against the person's will or under circumstances where the perpetrator knew or should have known that the victim is mentally or physically incapable of resisting or understanding the nature of the conduct." "

[Driver] did subject Naomi Irion to sexual penetration, specifically anal penetration, against her will or under circumstances where the defendant knew or should have known that the victim was mentally or physically incapable of resisting," according to the lawsuit.After Driver was killed"My prayers and thoughts are with you," he said.