A Tucson man convicted of killing his girlfriend has been found dead in his prison cell at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence, officials say.
Eric Hill, 51, was found unresponsive Tuesday with injuries consistent with being in a fight in his shared housing unit, a news release from the Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry said.
Criminal investigators with ADCRR are handling the case, and the department intends to pursue criminal charges, the news release said.
In 2008, Hill strangled his girlfriend, Angela Gayden, 21. He burned her body and buried it in the desert near Interstate 10 and South Wilmot Road, according to Star news archives.
Hill was convicted of first degree murder in 2010 and sentenced to life in prison.
A call about a person in the road about 4:30 a.m. led deputies to the area of West Bopp Road and South Irene Boulevard, near South San Joaquin Road.
A 25-year-old man was shot and killed in a fight outside of a convenience store on Tucson's south side.
