Jeffrey Lynds death investigation continues
Hells Angels enforcer was awaiting trial on murder charges
Police continue to investigate the death of Jeffrey Albert Lynds, once the highest-ranking Hells Angel in Nova Scotia, in a prison cell last week.
CBC News has confirmed that Lynds was found dead Friday in a prison in the Montreal area. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
Lynds was a member of the Halifax chapter of the Hells Angels and later joined the biker gang's elite Nomad enforcement group. He was facing two counts of first-degree murder when he died.
Lynds was accused of killing a hit man and a bystander outside a McDonald's restaurant in Montreal in January 2009. He was arrested in Truro, N.S., in May 2010.
Lynds was also connected to several murder cases in Nova Scotia.
According to documents filed in court in 2010, police believe that Lynds killed Randy Mersereau, who disappeared in October 1999 during a biker gang war.
Lynds co-operated with police following his arrest and became a key figure in several ongoing cases.
A spokesperson for Nova Scotia's public prosecution service said they don't believe Lynds' death will affect those cases, but they are assessing the situation.