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Female King County inmate dies in jail

The Columbian
Published: September 21, 2010, 12:00am

KENT, Wash. (AP) — A 42-year-old female King County inmate has died at the county jail in suburban Kent.

Commander William Hayes says staff members found the woman about 9 a.m. Monday during a routine security check and called 911. The unidentified woman was pronounced dead at 9:40 a.m.

Hayes says the King County medical examiner’s office will determine the cause and manner of death. The death is under investigation.

The woman was booked into the King County Jail on Sept. 5 and transferred to the Kent lockup on Sept. 14.

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