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Update on June 9, 2022:
The Multnomah County Medical Examiner informed the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) that next of kin notifications were completed on Thursday, June 9. The deceased individual is identified as 36-year-old Jess Rivas-Castillo.
An autopsy was completed, and cause and manner of death are undetermined, pending toxicology.
Per standard protocol for all in-custody deaths, the MCSO Detectives Unit was assigned to perform the death investigation. The investigation is ongoing. No further comment is available at this time.
Original release posted on May 9, 2022:
On Monday, May 9, 2022, around 10:20 a.m., an adult in custody (AIC), who had been recently booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center, was found unresponsive in the facility’s booking area. Medical personnel and corrections deputies immediately began providing lifesaving aid.
Paramedics transported the AIC to a local hospital, where they were later pronounced deceased. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office has opened a death investigation.
The name of the AIC is not being released, pending next of kin notification. No further comment will be made at this time.