Vernon Woman Found Dead

A Vernon woman recently sentenced to prison for killing her fiancé has been found dead in a Surrey jail cell.

Elke Lamprecht was found dead on September 4. She was waiting to be transferred to a federal penitentiary where she was to serve two years for the December 2002 killing of Gerald Neudorf.

Lamprecht admitted to stabbing him to death in his home and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. She had a blood alcohol of three times the legal limit at the time of the killing.

BC Corrections and the coroner are investigating.