Report: Israeli MIT researcher facing sex charges commits suicide

An Israeli MIT researcher facing federal charges of traveling to Colorado to have sex with children has apparently killed himself in prison, the Boston Globe reported, citing officials.

According to the report, Yaron Segal, 30, died Friday, said John Sell, executive assistant with the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood. Guards found Segal alone, hanging from a homemade noose in his cell at the detention center, where defendants are held while awaiting trial, Sell said. (Ynet)