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UPDATE JUNE 5, 2015: The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office issued the following press release on June 5, 2015, regarding the April 19 death of an inmate found dead in her cell in the LaPorte County Jail:

The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office has received the report from the LaPorte County coroner following the death of an inmate in the LaPorte County Jail on April 19, 2015. At approximately 1:32 a.m. on April 19, 2015, Rachel Barnes, a 33-year-old resident of Valparaiso, IN, was found unresponsive in a holding cell at the jail. Barnes was pronounced dead by a deputy corner at 2:30 a.m. Sheriff John Boyd has received the report from LaPorte County Coroner John Sullivan which has attributed three causes: alcohol withdrawal seizure, pulmonary edema, and an enlarged liver, with the manner of death being determined to be natural. The coroner made the determination following a report that was received from Dr. Allen Griggs of Lafayette, IN, the pathologist who conducted the autopsy.

The toxicology report at the time of the autopsy showed a .00% blood alcohol level, however there was a presence of methadone in a non-toxic level. When a blood draw was conducted at LaPorte Hospital at 9:50 p.m. on April 17, the BAC result was .447%.

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Here’s a press release issued by the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office Sunday afternoon, April 19, 2015:

“The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the name of the female inmate who died while in custody at the LaPorte County Jail early Sunday morning. Rachel Barnes, 33, listed an address in Valparaiso, IN. She was found unresponsive by deputies in the jail at approximately 1:30 a.m. Sheriff Boyd spoke with Barnes’ father late Sunday morning.

“Rachel Barnes was arrested Friday, April 17, after she drove her vehicle into a pond on CR 250 N near the Porter/LaPorte County line. A nearby resident found Barnes sitting on the ground near the pond where her vehicle was completely submerged. Sheriff’s deputies suspected that Barnes was impaired by alcohol and possibly drugs so she was taken to IU Health LaPorte Hospital, where a blood draw was done. It was reported to the arresting deputy that Barnes’ blood alcohol level was .447%, which is more than five times the .08% limit. Barnes was being held in lieu of bond on a charge of Class A misdemeanor Operating While Intoxicated.

“Rachel Barnes was lodged at the LaPorte County Jail shortly after 10 p.m. on the 17th and was booked into the jail shortly after 6 a.m. on the 18th. As per protocol, Barnes was placed in a holding cell in the processing area of the jail. Typically an arrestee is held in this area pending a cell block assignment.

Investigators will be awaiting the results of the autopsy to help aid them in learning what may have been the cause of death in this case.”

The sheriff’s office had stated earlier Sunday that CPR was performed and an Automatic External Defibrillator was used on Barnes, but the attempts were not successful. She was pronounced dead by the LaPorte County Coroner’s Office.

“The inmate was discovered after a deputy who was monitoring cameras noticed that the inmate had not moved.”