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Woman dies in county jail

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Staff

A 58-year-old woman who had been arrested for trespassing died in the Orange County Jail on Saturday.

Margaret Duke Kersey was arrested by Orange County deputies just before midnight on Friday after officers were dispatched to a county residence where they found Kersey to be intoxicated and fighting with her sister, according to police. She was taken to the Orange County Jail, where officials found her unresponsive in her cell less than 15 minutes after she arrived. Staff was unable to revive her with CPR and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The N.C. Medical Examiner performed an autopsy and determined that Kersey died of natural causes.

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