There’s not much information in this press release about what might have caused the death of a 35-year-old inmate at the county jail this morning. The Sheriff’s Office simply says there is “no sign of foul play.”
Here’s the press release:
On 12-12-2012, approximately 6:40 am a Humboldt County Correctional Officer was notified by an inmate that another inmate, identified as Jonathan Michael Sorrell, 35 years from Hoopa, was having a medical issue. The Correctional Officer immediately went to Sorrell’s aid and called for jail medical, extra correctional staff and an ambulance to respond. Initially Sorrell was breathing, however while the Correctional Staff was with Sorrell he stopped breathing and they began C.P.R. until they were relieved by jail medical staff. After an ambulance arrived at the facility a physician determined that Sorrell was deceased.
The Humboldt County Coroner was summoned to the scene. There is no sign of foul play. An autopsy will be scheduled by the Humboldt County Coroners Office to determine the cause of death.
This article appears in Backyard of Boats.
The release also simply states the inmate “was having a medical issue.” To me, that implies there was a medical emergency that was obvious to officers, such as having trouble breathing, complaining of chest pain, etc. Asthma would be my first guess. Observing this first hand would lead a person to say there was “no sign of foul play.” It sounds like a non-issue, unless the autopsy turns up something interesting.
RIP BRO . JONATHAN WAS GREAT GUY
HE HAD A HEART OF GOLD AND A PERSONALITY THAT COULD MAKE YOUR DAY BRIGHTER.