CORYDON, Ind. — State police said the death of an inmate, who was found unresponsive in his cell in the Harrison County Jail in May, was caused by an accidental drug overdose.
Corrections officers were delivering breakfast to 42-year-old Joshua Dale Kepley when they found the inmate unresponsive. Officers began providing medical assistance to Kepley and called for EMS.
Kepley was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office called on Indiana State Police to investigate Kepley's death.
The autopsy report lists his cause of death as acute multidrug intoxication of methamphetamine and fentanyl, with the manner of death listed as an accident.
Investigators say Kepley was arrested on a felony charge of neglect of a dependent and other warrants. The arrest happened after officers responded to an overdose call involving Kepley.
He had been medically cleared before he was incarcerated in a communal cell with other inmates, state police said.