had previously tried to kill himself in April
That led him to be transferred from Nancy-Maxéville penitentiary to a psychiatric unit
According to an article in the Republicain Lorrain
the Moselle resident was being held at a specially managed hospital department at the Nancy psycho-therapeutic centre (Laxou) when he was found dead
it is not known how or when the prisoner committed suicide
Pastor had been involved in a serious crash on the France's A31 motorway near the Hauconcourt interchange
This crash is now viewed as possibly being an initial suicide attempt
Police investigators trying to contact his family eventually found the bodies of his wife and children after breaking a window at their home..