Officials: Teen's death in custody due to heart condition
Source: Associated Press
Officials: Teen's death in custody due to heart condition
Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press
Updated 9:20 pm, Wednesday, March 16, 2016
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky teenager in state custody died in her sleep from a heart condition, and a martial arts hold used to restrain her was not a contributing factor, the state's justice secretary said Wednesday.
At a news conference, Justice Secretary John Tilley reported findings from three independent inquiries into the death of 16-year-old Gynnya McMillen at Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Facility in January.
A state police review uncovered no evidence of foul play, he said, adding that medical examiners found no evidence of lethal blunt force injury and attribute the death to a sudden cardiac arrhythmia.
"Medical examiners can now confidently say that this child, sadly, died in her sleep from an irregular heartbeat," Tilley said. "Multiple investigations confirmed that the restraint was not a factor in this death and resulted in no apparent injuries."
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