Ricardo Cruciani, a doctor found guilty in July of sexually abusing multiple patients he was treating for severe pain conditions, was found dead by apparent suicide in a New York jail on Monday, the 12th such death in a city jail or shorly after release from one this year.
The disgraced neurologist, who was convicted and was facing up to 25 years to life, entered the shower area of his cell block on Rikers Island around 4.23am, according to prison medical documents seen by TheNew York Times, an area supposedly secured by inspections every half hour.
