The death of an inmate at Flathead County jail has prompted a state investigation.
Iberica Paulino was found dead in her cell Thursday morning during a security round in Kalispell.
Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry says those security rounds happen every 30 minutes.
"They did find that she was not breathing. They requested EMS, of course started CPR and attempts to resuscitate her were not successful unfortunately," Curry says.
The 29-year-old was being held on charges of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, criminal contempt and criminal trespass.
The state Criminal Investigation Bureau and the Sanders County coroner are looking into the death.
Sheriff Chuck Curry says there wasn’t sign of anything strange causing Paulino’s death, but the cause of her death is still speculation.
An autopsy is planned at the state crime lab in Missoula.
