Adrian Torrens, the man accused of murdering the Central Coast teen, dies in police custody


Police said the 53-year-old was found unresponsive about 4.50pm today in a cell at western Sydney’s Silverwater Correctional Complex.

Corrective Services personnel and paramedics were unable to revive him.

Audrey Griffin, 19, was found half-submerged in Erina Creek, Erina on the Central Coast at 3.45pm on March 24. (Nine)

Griffin’s death was initially labelled a drowning by police after her partially submerged body was discovered in Erina Creek on the NSW Central Coast on the afternoon of March 24.

However, following a tip-off from the public, a homicide investigation was launched before police arrested Torrens.

He was accused of murdering Griffin, who was not known to him, following a physical altercation after 3am on March 23.

A sea of white filled Terrigal Beach as friends, family, strangers, teammates and police detectives gathered on the sand. (Nine)

Torrens, from Milsons Point in Sydney, was due to face court again in June.

Instead, police have commenced an investigation but the man’s death is not being treated as suspicious.

Authorities will prepare a report for the coroner.



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