Louisiana coroner: autopsy found no trauma in inmate death

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Authorities say an autopsy did not find any evidence of trauma in the death of a 31-year-old Louisiana jail inmate.

Casey Louis Simpson died March 16, he Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office said. He had been found unresponsive in his cell at the Caddo Correctional Center, news agencies reported.

“Preliminary autopsy results are consistent with natural causes with no evidence of trauma,” the coroner’s office said in a news release Wednesday.

The statement said final results, including toxicology, will be available in two to three weeks.

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This version of the article corrects attribution in the headline from sheriff to coroner.