An 18-year-old Whitley County Detention Center inmate died early Friday morning, but no foul play is suspected, according to Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley.
Croley officially pronounced Bobby Arron Hubbard, 18, of Woodbine, dead at 6:47 a.m. at Baptist Regional Medical Center.
"He was found dead by one of the deputy jailers. They last spoke to him at 5:25 a.m. At 5:31 a.m., they went back and he was unresponsive and coding as they stated," Croley said.
Whitley County EMS transported him to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, Croley noted.
"He had no trauma to the body. He was in a cell by himself. There wasn’t any contact with any other inmates," Croley said. "An autopsy has been performed. At this point, the cause of death is still pending further investigation, but no suspicious circumstances or foul play is suspected."
Hubbard had been lodged in the Whitley County Detention Center since Feb. 26, for possession of drug paraphernalia, non-payment of fines, and failure to appear.
Croley said that drug involvement isn’t suspected as the initial cause of death.
"I’m sure it will be a contributing cause of his death due to drug abuse in the past. The initial cause of death would not be drug related just a contributing cause of long term drug use," he said.
The incident is under investigation by Croley and the Whitley County Detention Center.
