FARGO, N.D. (AP) - The Cass County Sheriff's Office says a 58-year-old inmate who died in November suffered from cardiac arrest after choking.
Sergeant Tara Morris with the sheriff's office says Charles Bliss died while in custody on November 5th, 2014.
Bliss drew the attention of a corrections officer after breakfast and indicated he was having medical problems. Bliss became unconscious while jail staff initiated emergency procedures and called 911.
Morris says the final autopsy determined to the cause of death was asphyxiation by choking, which caused cardiac arrest.
Bliss was being housed at the jail on a fugitive warrant from Washington State.
Emergency personnel responded to the jail, but their lifesaving measures were unsuccessful.