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Ventura County Jail Inmate Dies; Autopsy Planned

Authorities are trying to figure out what led to the death of a Ventura County jail inmate. Deputies at the Ventura County Pre-Trial Detention Facility say they noticed Jared Morgan Ross was having a medical emergency in his cell early Sunday morning.

Deputies started emergency first aid and called jail medical staff, as well as paramedics. But, the 31 year old Ventura man was pronounced dead a short time later. An autopsy is pending.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.