THE IOWA DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS PROBING THE DEATH OF A 61-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO DIED IN CUSTODY AT A WESTERN IOWA COUNTY JAIL.
THE MAN, IDENTIFIED AS ABRAHAM NGOR OF DENISON, WAS ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION SUNDAY EVENING AND PLACED IN A LONE JAIL CELL AT THE CRAWFORD COUNTY JAIL.
JAIL STAFF FOUND HIM UNRESPONSIVE DURING A WELFARE CHECK AROUND 9 A.M.MONDAY MORNING.
DESPITE EFFORTS TO REVIVE HIM, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT CRAWFORD COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER WILL CONDUCT AN AUTOPSY ON WEDNESDAY.
