Scottsbluff native dies in apparent prison suicide

TORRINGTON, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming prison inmate died Thursday in an apparent suicide, the state corrections department said.

John Christian Tygart, 21, was a prisoner at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington. At the time of his death, Tygart was serving a two to four year sentence after being convicted of child abuse in Laramie County on Sept. 24, the Wyoming Department of Corrections said in an announcement. He was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

An autopsy has been ordered in accordance with its policy, the department said.