Allen County Inmate Found Dead Monday

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Detectives with Indiana State Police have been asked to investigate the death of an Allen County Jail inmate that happened Monday morning.

Just after 7:15am Monday, a jail nurse followed up on a medical check with inmate Jose Velazquez Trejo, 25, of Fort Wayne. State Police say Trejo had been dealing with what were believed to be symptoms possibly caused by previous narcotics use.

After the morning check, the nurse began filing paperwork to have Trejo moved to a hospital for medical treatment.

Less than an hour later, Trejo was found unresponsive in his cell. He was eventually pronounced dead at 8:30am despite life-saving attempts.

An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday morning.

Trejo had been in jail since October 18th on arrest warrants out of LaGrange and Noble Counties.