"Taylor Hurst, 42, died "on or about" last Wednesday, according to a joint filing from the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and Hurst's court-appointed attorney. Both sides have requested the newly filed murder case be dismissed. The exact cause and circumstances of Hurst's death remain unclear; neither Hurst's lawyer nor the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, which oversees the Suffolk County Jail, returned requests for comment Tuesday morning. The DA's office declined to comment."
"Hurst was accused of killing a man named Stephen Gomes, whose body was found under a bed inside an apartment on Patten Street in Jamaica Plain July 6. But according to NBC10 Boston, Hurst's attorney, Anne Iglehart, said she had "concerns about Mr. Hurst's ability to appreciate ... the process that's happening right now, due to his medical condition." She did not elaborate further. Hurst pleaded not guilty during his Aug. 22 arraignment and was ordered held without bail at the county jail."
Taylor Hurst, 42, died on or about last Wednesday while in custody, and prosecutors and his attorney have asked that the newly filed murder charge be dismissed. Hurst faced an August arraignment on a July 6 alleged homicide in Jamaica Plain involving a victim named Stephen Gomes and was ordered held without bail. His attorney raised concerns about his ability to appreciate the legal process due to a medical condition. Hurst previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a 2007 case involving the death of his pregnant fiancée, receiving an 18-to-20-year sentence, and later pleaded guilty to an in-prison animal cruelty charge.
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