An upstate New York man accused of killing his girlfriend and their newborn son before setting their home on fire was found dead at a jail in Alden while in pretrial custody, officials said Thursday.

Kidane Haile, 30, was found unresponsive late Wednesday in the showers of a dormitory at the Erie County Correctional Facility, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement to ABC affiliate WKBW.

Despite life-saving efforts by correctional staff, Haile was pronounced dead at 9:34 p.m., the Erie County Sheriff’s Office said, adding that his death is being investigated as an apparent suicide.

Haile was accused of “intentionally causing the death” of his girlfriend, 29-year-old Kathleen “Katie” Carrig, and their 4-day-old son at their Buffalo apartment on the morning of Oc

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