AUTHORITIES PROBING PRISON INMATE'S DEATH.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County coroner's officials are investigating the death of a state prison inmate, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence without possibility of parole. Daniel Hikes, 36, was found not breathing April 7 in his cell at California State Prison-Los Angeles County. He was transported to the prison infirmary and later pronounced dead. ``We're reviewing the case right now and waiting the toxicology reports,'' said coroner's spokesman Scott Carrier Scott Carrier is an American author and radio producer. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Written work
Although an autopsy was completed, officials said that a cause of death could not be determined. There was no visible sign of trauma, officials said. Prison workers performed CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac on Hikes, Prison Office Technician Karen Ericsson said Friday. ``He was found in his cell unresponsive,'' Ericsson said. Prison officials said that Hikes was incarcerated incarcerated /in·car·cer·at·ed/ (in-kahr´ser-at?ed) imprisoned; constricted; subjected to incarceration. in·car·cer·at·ed adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia. for first- and second-degree murder. He was imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- in December 1992. |
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