Inmate Dies At Las Colinas Detention Facility in Santee

SANTEE, CA — An inmate died in custody at a detention facility in eastern San Diego County, authorities said Saturday.

Sheriff's deputies discovered the unresponsive inmate in her cell while serving dinner around 4:25 p.m. Friday at Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility in Santee, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Office.

The facility's medical staff began performing CPR, sheriff's officials said. Personnel from the Santee Fire Department assumed lifesaving measures upon their arrival, but the 53-year-old woman was pronounced dead at about 4:35 p.m.

The woman's name was withheld pending family notification. She had been in custody since Jan. 3, and was facing multiple charges, including assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment and felony vandalism.

An investigation was underway. The cause and manner of the woman's death will be determined by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.