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Spokane jail inmate died of natural causes

The Columbian
Published: March 27, 2012, 5:00pm

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane County medical examiner’s office says an inmate found dead at the county jail Sunday died of natural causes.

KREM reports (http://is.gd/B0wpv0 ) 47-year-old Shelton Teasley appeared to be sleeping when Corrections deputies found him in his bunk. He could not be revived.

There was another inmate in the cell, but there was no sign of a struggle or injury.

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