BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — A second man convicted of murdering someone in Bay County and sitting on death row has died this week.

Kayle Bates was executed Tuesday, but that's not how the second man died.

The Florida Department of Corrections website now lists Matthew Caylor as deceased.

News Channel 8's sister station News 13 confirmed Caylor committed suicide Tuesday night.

It's unclear how Caylor committed suicide or why corrections officers were unable to prevent it.

On July 8, 2008, Caylor raped and killed 13-year-old Melinda Hinson.

Hinson and her family were living at the Value Lodge motel on West Highway 98.

She walked to Caylor's room to bum a cigarette.

Caylor raped the girl, strangled her with a phone cord, then stuffed her body under the bed. Motel maids found the body tw

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