Autopsy results have revealed a Council Bluffs woman who was found unresponsive in her jail cell died from meth poisoning, and a further investigation uncovered a recorded phone call in which she told another person she was dying.The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Monday that 25-year-old Jessica Lee was found unresponsive in the Page County jail cell on Dec. 1. She was transported to an Omaha hospital, where she died the next day.An autopsy determined the cause of death was acute methamphetamine toxicity. Officials later discovered that just before Lee was found unresponsive she had placed a recorded call to someone saying she was dying.She admitted during the call to sneaking the meth into jail inside a body cavity. Nobody notified officials about her condition.

Autopsy results have revealed a Council Bluffs woman who was found unresponsive in her jail cell died from meth poisoning, and a further investigation uncovered a recorded phone call in which she told another person she was dying.



The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Monday that 25-year-old Jessica Lee was found unresponsive in the Page County jail cell on Dec. 1. She was transported to an Omaha hospital, where she died the next day.



An autopsy determined the cause of death was acute methamphetamine toxicity. Officials later discovered that just before Lee was found unresponsive she had placed a recorded call to someone saying she was dying.




She admitted during the call to sneaking the meth into jail inside a body cavity. Nobody notified officials about her condition.

