A man who was facing charges of first-degree murder for killing his girlfriend’s parents was discovered dead in a Virginia jail, authorities reported on Thursday. Nicholas Giampa, 24, was found deceased in his cell at the county jail where he had been held since 2018. The Fairfax County police are investigating his death, but early indications suggest that foul play is not suspected.

Giampa was arrested in December 2017 for the fatal shootings of Scott Fricker, 48, and Buckley Kuhn-Fricker, 43, in their Virginia residence. His case gained widespread attention due to his affiliation with neo-Nazi beliefs, with reports of him even mowing a swastika into a field in the community where he lived.

At the time of the murders, the daughter of Kuhn-Fricker informed authorities that she and Giampa had made a joint suicide pact after her family expressed disapproval of their relationship, discussing plans to harm her parents if they intervened. The Fricker couple objected to the relationship upon discovering Giampa’s neo-Nazi connections and his prior charges for possessing child pornography as a minor.

The tragic incident unfolded when Fricker and Kuhn-Fricker found Giampa in their daughter’s room. Reportedly, the daughter disclosed that she had given Giampa an access code to enter the house after her parents had retired for the night. When Giampa pulled out a handgun, the daughter unlocked her bedroom door, leading to Giampa shooting the parents before attempting to shoot himself, resulting in a gunshot wound to the forehead from which he initially survived.

During a hearing in 2018, psychologists testified that brain damage from Giampa’s self-inflicted injury had impacted his ability to fully comprehend the legal proceedings. Despite this, opinions varied, with some experts suggesting he might regain sufficient cognitive function to participate in his defense effectively. His jury trial had been postponed on three separate occasions and was set to occur in January before his passing in the jail.