Authorities identify inmate found dead in NE Minnesota jail

Published 10:10 am Thursday, February 23, 2017

VIRGINIA — St. Louis County sheriff’s authorities have released the name of an inmate found dead in a northeastern Minnesota jail.

The inmate was identified Wednesday as 50-year-old Jack Dale Price of Ely.

A corrections deputy making his rounds at the Virginia jail on Tuesday afternoon found Price collapsed and unresponsive in his cell.

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Attempts to revive Price were unsuccessful. The sheriff’s office say foul play is not suspected.