Was unable to post bail on DUII charge, had been on pain medication
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said Thursday he d finished his review of the circumstances surrounding a county jail inmate s death early last month and determined it to be a suicide and a non-criminal incident.
The inmate was rushed to St. Charles Bend after the Dec. 3 incident and died three days later at the hospital.
In a news release, Hummel said he concluded that the manner of death was by suicide. The cause of death is still to be determined, as we are awaiting the final autopsy report from the medical examiner. Regardless of the cause of death, this was a non-criminal incident.