Seventy-one year old Kenneth Jay Rhodes, who was arrested two days ago for a vicious attack and subsequent sexual assault of a valley woman where he allegedly sliced her throat, was the victim of an inmate on inmate attack at the Fourth Avenue Jail.
According to Lt Brandon Jones, PIO spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office, Rhodes was assaulted by an inmate in the housing unit sometime around 12 noon yesterday.
Phoenix Fire took Rhodes to St Joseph’s hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:36 pm.
At this stage in the investigation, Jones says, deputies do have a suspect; however the identity cannot be released at this time as the investigation is ongoing