Man accused of homicides found dead in jail cell
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and last updated 2021-02-19 19:00:15-05
A 46-year-old man accused of killing his father and stepmother was found dead in his cell in Vernon Parish on Friday.
At 12:48 p.m. on February 19, Vernon Parish Sheriff s Office jail personnel monitoring the surveillance cameras within the jail witnessed offender, Robert Matthew Lombardo, fall to the floor in his segregation cell where he was housed alone, according to officials.
Jail personnel responded to the cell immediately and began providing medical assistance and CPR to Lombardo.
Investigators say jail personnel observed some type of injury to Lombardo s left eye.
GRAPHIC WARNING: Man accused of killing parents dies in jail Robert Lombardo, 46. (Source: Vernon Parish Sheriff s Office) By Johnathan Manning | February 19, 2021 at 4:55 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 4:57 PM
WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS.
VERNON PARISH, La. (KPLC) - A man accused of killing his parents has died in jail, Vernon Parish officials announced.
Robert Matthew Lombardo, 46, injured himself with a pen before dying, according to information from the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Lombardo was arrested Monday after his father Joseph Lombardo, 83, and his stepmother Rita Lombardo, 60, were found dead in their Leesville home.
Deputies went to the home after a family member said Robert Lombardo had contacted them, telling them he had beaten his parents to death. He was arrested at a camper trailer in Evans.
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Sheriff Sam Craft of the Vernon Parish Sheriff s Office announces the February 16th, 2021 arrest of Robert Lombardo, age 46, of Leesville.
On February 15th, at approximately 6:29 p.m., the Vernon Parish Sheriff s Office received a request for a welfare check at a residence in Jeane Chapel Trailer Park in Leesville.
The caller indicated that she had a concern for the well-being of family members at the residence.
Deputies arrived at the location and encountered an unsecured door at the residence.
Deputies then located two deceased persons at the residence, which they immediately recognized, to be a crime scene. Deputies secured the scene and contacted Detectives with the VPSO Criminal Division.