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19-Year-Old Dauphin County Inmate’s Death Ruled Accidental 19-Year-Old Dauphin County Inmate’s Death Ruled Accidental
19-Year-Old Dauphin County Inmate’s Death Ruled Accidental Months after an inmate’s death, the Dauphin County district attorney’s office has ruled an inmate’s death accidental. KeJuan Cooke was found unresponsive by his cellmate on March 31, as Daily Voice reported. Cooke's cellmate called for help and prison staff performed CPR, authorities said. The inmate was transported to UPMC Harrisburg where he was declared dead shortly afterwards, as Daily Voice reported. An autopsy performed by Dr. Wayne K. Ross found that Cookie died of complications of bowel inflammation -- colitis and short bowel syndrome, according to Chardo. The manner of death wa…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Inmate, 19, Dies In Dauphin County Prison Inmate, 19, Dies In Dauphin County Prison
Inmate, 19, Dies In Dauphin County Prison Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old inmate in the Dauphin County Prison. Kejuan Cooke was found unresponsive by his cellmate on Tuesday, police said. The cellmate called for help and prison staff performed CPR, but Cooke was shortly declared deceased.  Cooke was arrested at 18 in 2019 for simple assault and was sentenced to serve just under a year, according to court documents. In July 2020, he was arrested on charges two misdemeanors for drug possession and one felony charge for flight to avoid apprehension, trial, punishment. He was in the Dauphin County Prison i…

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by Jillian Pikora