PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) - Authorities say an Oregon inmate died Sunday morning at a state prison in Umatilla.
The Oregonian (https://bit.ly/1TE9VGK ) reports that officials found 76-year-old Tomas Velar-Garcia unresponsive at the Two River Correctional Institutional. The prison houses 1,800 men.
According to a news release, the death was unexpected. The Oregon Department of Corrections did not provide any other details.
Velar-Garcia had been in prison since June 2012 after being convicted in Washington County on two counts of first-degree sex abuse. He was scheduled for possible release in June.
The Oregon State Police is investigating, which is a common practice for all inmate deaths.
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Information from: The Oregonian, https://www.oregonlive.com
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