A "traumatised" man who discovered James Bulger's body when he was a teenager died in police custody this month. James Riley, 44 was approached by Merseyside Police on Scotland Road on March 14 at around 9:45pm.
He was taken into custody at St Anne Street Police Station and remained in a cell overnight before he was found on the floor the following day at around 5pm. Paramedics were called out and Riley was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead, the Liverpool ECHO reports.
The troubled offender led a life of crime, having been convicted over 40 times for a range of felonies. His family said his life took a turn after he and his brother, Terrence, discovered little James Bulger's body on a railway line in Walton in 1993, when he was only 14 years old.
