1st Air Force instructor convicted in sweeping military sex scandal dies in prison
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The first Air Force instructor convicted of rape in a sex scandal at one of the nation's busiest military training centers has died in prison.
Staff Sgt. Luis Walker died at a hospital Sunday night after being found unresponsive two days earlier in his cell at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Prison spokeswoman Denise Haeussler says the cause of death is being investigated.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She says no further details will be available until the Army criminal investigators have completed their work. It's unclear how long that will take.
A military jury in 2012 found Walker guilty of 28 counts, including rape and aggravated sexual assault.
Walker's was the first trial following a scandal in which dozens of instructors from Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio were accused of preying on female recruits.