Overview

• The woman, booked on Sunday for theft-related charges and resisting an officer, was found unresponsive during routine cell checks on Monday evening.
• Jail staff performed CPR before paramedics from American Medical Response and Santee Fire Department continued life-saving efforts.
• She was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Monday.
• The Sheriff’s Office homicide division and the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board are conducting parallel investigations into the in-custody death.
• The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office is working to determine the official cause and manner of death, with the woman’s identity withheld pending family notification.