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Rockdale County inmate dies after being found unresponsive

Jamie Krischelle Henry
Jamie Krischelle Henry
By Steve Burns
May 27, 2018

An inmate in the Rockdale County jail died Saturday night after she was found unresponsive in her cell, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said.

Jamie Krischelle Henry, 40, of Douglasville, was found by deputies and medical staff about 8:25 p.m. during a routine check, Yolande Lovingood-Moore said.

“Medical staff transported Ms. Henry to Piedmont Rockdale Hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short time after arriving,” Lovingood-Moore said.

Henry was on a hold for another agency, according to jail records.

The sheriff’s office will investigate the incident.

The GBI will conduct an autopsy,  according to Lovingood-Moore.

MORE: Autopsy results revealed in Rockdale County inmate's death

It is the second incident of a Rockdale County inmate to die in less than three months.

Shali Tilson died March 12, nine days after he was jailed, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The GBI ruled Tilson died of blood clots due to dehydration.

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