Ephrata, WA – Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison has identified 54-year-old Ruben Trevino as the man who died earlier this week inside the Grant County Jail.
According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Trevino was found unresponsive on Tuesday, and an autopsy has since determined his cause of death to be peritonitis due to a perforated duodenal ulcer—a serious infection resulting from a hole in the upper small intestine. The coroner classified the manner of death as natural.
The sheriff’s office stated that detectives from the Ellensburg Police Department, Othello Police Department, and the Washington State Patrol are continuing to review the circumstances surrounding Trevino’s death, as is standard procedure for in-custody deaths.
Authorities have not reported any signs of foul play. No additional medical or investigative findings have been released at this time.
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