Mystery as death row killer manages to commit suicide while awaiting his execution
By LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR
A Florida man who was awaiting execution for the horrific murder and rape of a 13-year-old girl has died by suicide in prison.
Matthew Caylor, 50, took his own life on Tuesday, despite being on death row.
It is unclear how Caylor died or why it wasn't prevented by corrections officers.
State Attorney Larry Basford confirmed Caylor's death, and said by committing suicide 'he saved the taxpayers of Florida a lot of money,' WTVY reported.
'Matthew Caylor was a sexual predator that had violated his parole in Georgia and came down here for a last hurrah in Bay County. After a trial and numerous appeals, he knew he was facing the same inevitable fate as Kayle Bates.'
Bates, who abducted a woman from an insurance office and killed her more than four decades ago, died earlier this week by execution.
Caylor was found guilty of the murder and rape of Melinda Hinson in a Panama City motel room.
On July 8, 2013, Hinson, whose family was staying at the Valu-Lodge Motel, disappeared, Fox 13 reported.
Death row inmate Matthew Caylor, 50, died on Tuesday night in prison by suicide
It remains unclear how Caylor died or why it wasn't prevented by corrections officers. Pictured: The crime scene in 2013 at Valu-Lodge Motel in Panama City, FL
Her body was discovered two days later stuffed under Caylor's motel room bed.
Caylor had fled felony probation in Georgia for molesting a 14-year-old and was selling drugs from a room he was staying in at the motel, court documents obtained by the outlet stated.
Caylor raped Hinson (pictured) before choking her with a phone cord and hiding her body under his motel room bed
According to court documents, Caylor felt his accusations in Georgia were false so he would make it 'worth it' when Hinson knocked on his door.
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