The pairing of Yanko Romero and Brandt Diaz in a shared cell has raised questions about whether the Lee County Sheriff's ...

Diaz was asleep around 3 a.m. when his cellmate Yanko Romero — a man facing murder charges — beat him repeatedly in the face, leaving him unconscious on the floor.

It's been a week since a shocking incident in Fort Myers, where police reported that Yanko Romero, 41, shot and killed 25-year-old Alex Johnson in an unprovoked attack.

A Fort Myers man accused of fatally shooting a man he did not know days later assaulted his cellmate during his sleep.