Update: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the inmate who died at the Northern Branch Jail earlier this week.
Officials said 57-year-old David Lee Ligon from Santa Maria died on Monday.
Ligon was booked into the jail on March 27, 2023, for multiple drug-related charges, including possession of narcotics for sale, transportation of a controlled substance, possession of narcotics and possession of paraphernalia.
Deputies said the initial investigation indicated a probable overdose-related death but the final cause of death is still pending.
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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is investigating an inmate death at the Northern Branch Jail Monday.
Sheriff’s office officials say at 2:19 p.m., a custody deputy and WellPath medical staff member found a male inmate who did not respond to a medical check-in procedure.
They found the inmate unresponsive and not breathing when they entered his cell.
Responding deputies and medical officials called paramedics and began life-saving measures, including performing CPR and administering two rounds of Narcan.
When paramedics arrived they continued life-saving measures but the inmate did not recover.
He was pronounced dead at 2:46 p.m. at the jail. He was not transported to a hospital.
Sheriff’s office officials say they will release the identity of the decent after they notify next-of-kin.
Detectives from the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Bureau and Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Office are investigating the death.
This is the second death at a SB County Jail this month.
