Staff report
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office and the coroner’s office
are investigating two inmates’ suicides within a recent three-day
span.
The most recent suicide was discovered the night of July 21. An
inmate being held at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office
Detentions Facility was discovered inside his cell, with a portion
of his jail jumpsuit wrapped tightly around his neck. Detentions
facility staff and medical personnel responded to the incident
immediately and provided first aid assistance.
Members of the South Metro Fire District responded, treated the
inmate and transported him to an area hospital, where he was
pronounced dead. The inmate was identified as Russell Keith
Brunecz, 48.
Brunecz was being held at the detention facility on a no-bond
hold as a first-degree murder suspect. He had been in custody in
Arapahoe County since Dec. 29 of last year.
On the afternoon of July 18, an inmate was discovered inside his
cell, hanging from a bed sheet. Although detentions staff and
detentions medical personnel responded to the incident immediately
and provided first aid, the injuries sustained as the result of
inmate’s actions were fatal.
The inmate was identified as Mack Pete Warren, 24, of
Denver.
Warren was being held on a $100,000 bond, regarding allegations
of second-degree burglary and violation of a restraining order.
