Inmate At Sacramento County Main Jail Found Dead In Cell

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – An inmate astatine the Sacramento Main Jail has died.

Just aft midnight on  Tuesday, a 54-year-old antheral successful custody astatine the jailhouse was reported deceased. The man’s cellmate noticed helium wasn’t breathing and alerted jailhouse staff. Deputies past called for aesculapian unit who started CPR connected the man, according to a connection from the sheriff’s office.

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Sacramento City Fire Department unit arrived connected the country and pronounced the antheral dead.

There were nary signs of foul play oregon trauma disposable connected the inmate, authorities say. As portion of modular procedure, the Sheriff’s Office’s homicide detectives and CSI assessed and processed the scene.

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The Sheriff’s Office says it volition behaviour a requisite inmate decease investigation. The region coroner’s bureau volition find the origin of decease and merchandise the individuality of the inmate.

The antheral had been booked into jailhouse connected August 10, 2021, for violating parole. He was owed to beryllium released connected Friday.

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CBS13 Staff