Death of Ex-Marine in Hot Jail Cell Ruled Accidental

The death of a mentally ill inmate in a 101-degree-Fahrenheit cell at New York Cityโ€™s Rikers Island jail has been ruled accidental, the New York Daily News reports. Suggested Reading Three Friends Were Headed To A Beyoncรฉ Concert, But One Dies On the Way. Guess What The Other Two Did Next? Our Fave Moments From…

The death of a mentally ill inmate in a 101-degree-Fahrenheit cell at New York Cityโ€™s Rikers Island jail has been ruled accidental, the New York Daily News reports.

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Jerome Murdough, 56, a former U.S. Marine, died Feb. 15 of hyperthermia due to โ€œenvironmental exposure to heat,โ€ a spokeswoman for the cityโ€™s chief medical examiner said, the News reports. Antipsychotic medication he was taking was a contributing factor, the report says.

Officials said that Murdough, who was found slumped at the foot of a bed with a pool of blood and vomit on the floor, had โ€œbasically baked to death,โ€ the report says.

Read more at the New York Daily News.

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