BRIEFLY : FEMALE INMATE DIES AT MAIN VENTURA JAIL.VENTURA - A 45-year-old female inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. died Friday night while in custody in the Ventura County Main Jail, police said Saturday. Kathleen Waite, of Oxnard had been in custody for three days in the jail's medical ward while undergoing treatment for heroin heroin (hĕ`rəwən), opiate drug synthesized from morphine (see narcotic). Originally produced in 1874, it was thought to be not only nonaddictive but useful as a cure for respiratory illness and morphine addiction, and capable of relieving withdrawal, officials said. She was arrested by the Onxard Police Department on suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia drug paraphernalia Controlled paraphernalia Substance abuse As defined in a regulatory context, DP is a hypodermic syringe, needle, metal or plastic (snorting) tube, or other instrument or implement or combination adapted for the administration of controlled . She had been alone in her cell before a facility doctor found her unresponsive unresponsive Neurology adjective Referring to a total lack of response to neurologic stimuli during a routine inspection. Authorities said the doctor and a deputy immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. , but she was pronounced dead at 7:27 p.m. Coroner's officials said they conducted an autopsy Saturday. In order to determine the cause of death they are awaiting results of lab studies, which will take about eight weeks to complete. Waite's death is being investigated by the Ventura County sheriff's Major Crimes Unit and the Ventura County Coroner's Office. -Daily News |
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