Pa. Man Convicted Of 3 Murders As Teen Kills Himself In Prison

CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP/KDKA) - Authorities say a man who broke into a classmate's home in 2007 and stabbed the teenager and his parents to death in 2007 has killed himself in prison.

Cumberland County Deputy Coroner Jeff Miller said Monday that 25-year-old Alec Kreider was found hanging in his cell Friday at the state prison in Camp Hill.

The Department of Corrections says staff members tried to revive Kreider after a guard found him unconscious in his cell. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

"Whereas we are thinking about Mr. Kreider's family, who did nothing wrong and did all they could, we hope the focus remains where it should in this case – with the three innocent individuals who were savagely murdered in their own home, and those left behind to struggle with such a horrifying tragedy," Lancaster County district attorney Craig Stedman said in a prepared statement, according to Lancaster Online. 

Kreider was 16 when Kevin Haines and his parents, Thomas and Lisa Haines, were killed in Lancaster County in May 2007. The couple's daughter, a college student, was awakened by the attacks and escaped unharmed.

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Kreider pleaded guilty in June 2008 to first-degree murder and was sentenced to three consecutive life terms.

He was eligible for re-sentencing following a federal court ruling that limited life sentences for juvenile offenders.

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