Thomas J. Capano, a once wealthy and politically connected attorney serving life in prison for killing a mistress in 1996, has been found dead in his prison cell.
Delaware prison officials said the 61-year-old Capano, who spent time on death row before his death sentence was overturned, was found unresponsive Monday morning in his cell at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna. He was pronounced dead at 12:24 p.m.
Capano's body has been turned over to the State Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy. Foul play is not suspected, officials said.
Capano was convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting of his mistress, Ann Marie Fahey, after she decided to end an affair with him. Her body was then dumped in the Atlantic Ocean.
Fahey was the scheduling secretary to then-Gov. Tom Carper, now Delaware's senior U.S. senator.