Howard County inmate found unresponsive inside cell
LATEST: The Howard County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday that inmate Leroy O. Anderson, 63, from South Carolina, died Monday morning. “No indication of trauma or foul play was found,” a news release from the coroner’s office said.
KOKOMO, Ind. (WISH) — A death investigation is underway at the Howard County jail after an inmate was found unresponsive Monday morning inside his cell.
According to a news release from the Howard County Sheriff’s Office, correctional officers were passing out breakfast trays at 7:15 a.m. to inmates when they found inmate Leroy Anderson, of South Carolina, unconscious and unresponsive inside his cell.
Anderson was transported to Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo. Despite medics’ life-saving measures, at 7:54 a.m., he was pronounced deceased.
The Howard County Coroner’s Office will be conducting an autopsy on Tuesday.
Anyone with information should contact Detective Scott Waymire at 765-614-3463.
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