Crime & Safety
Authorities Investigate Marin County Jail Inmate's Death
Inmate, 29, was pronounced dead just before 5 p.m. Friday after being found unresponsive in his cell, according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office.
A 29-year-old inmate at the Marin County Jail died Friday afternoon, triggering an investigation by the Novato Police Department and the Sonoma County Sheriff-Coroner in accordance with standard protocol, according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff’s deputies discovered the inmate unresponsive in his cell at the jail at 4:25 p.m., according to Sheriff's Lt. Keith Boyd. Marin County Sheriff’s Office personnel and San Rafael Fire Paramedics performed CPR on the man to no avail, and he was pronounced dead at 4:58 p.m., Boyd said.
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