Thierry Kinshala Nkusu

September 19, 2018 | Douglas Tallman

Jail To Remove Sheets From Cells After Tessier Suicide

Jail director awaiting results of police investigation Montgomery County jails are in the process of removing sheets from the cells of inmates in the wake of the suicide of Tyler Tessier, corrections department director Robert Green said Wednesday. Tessier was about to stand trial for the death of his pregnant girlfriend when he was found […]

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September 7, 2018 | Douglas Tallman

Council Committee to Hear from Jail Officials on Suicides

Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich said Friday he would call for officials at the county jail to come before the council’s Public Safety Committee to ask how accused murderer Tyler Tessier could have died by suicide in his jail cell — the second jail suicide during the summer. “We have to understand how this happened. These […]

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July 5, 2018 | Douglas Tallman

Man Dies by Suicide in Jail Cell

The man who was convicted for killing his pregnant fiancée died by suicide in his cell at a Montgomery County lockup Wednesday, a Montgomery County police statement said. Thierry Kinshala Nkusu, 35, had used a bed sheet to suspend himself, police said. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore ruled the cause of […]

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April 10, 2018 | Douglas Tallman

State’s Attorney’s Office Win Murder, Attempted Murder Convictions on Same Day

The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office won two convictions Monday —a murder charge against a man who killed his pregnant fiancée and an attempted murder charge against a man who participated in a botched drug deal. “Yesterday was a great day to be state’s attorney in Montgomery County,” State’s Attorney John McCarthy said Tuesday at […]

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