FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – An Allen County Jail inmate who died Friday has been identified as 36-year-old Paul Green of Fort Wayne. The Allen County Coroner’s office says Green died of an infection but they don’t know what caused it. He was seen on video moving around his cell for about eight minutes at 2:30 a.m. Friday but was unresponsive when staff checked on him at 2:50 a.m. Green died of an infection in his intestines.
Indiana State Police released the following:
On Friday August 16, 2024, shortly before 5:00am, the Allen County Sheriff requested a detective from Indiana State Police respond to the Allen County Jail for an inmate death. The inmate would be identified as Paul Green, 36, from Fort Wayne, IN.
The ISP Investigation found that Green had been incarcerated in the jail since August 8, 2024. He was housed in cell block R3 and was on a medical watch list. A review of the jail observation logs and video showed that on this same morning at 1:50am jail staff checked on Green and he was responsive. Motion activated cameras in Cell R3 showed Green moving around his cell from 2:30am until 2:38am. When jail staff checked on Green at 2:50am, he was found unresponsive in his cell. Jail staff immediately summoned the Jail nurse and began CPR on Green at 2:53am. Medics arrived at the jail at 3:05am. Green was transported out of the jail by ambulance to Lutheran Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
On August 16, 2024, an autopsy was conducted on Green’s body at the Northeast Forensic Center. After the autopsy ISP Detectives were informed that the autopsy determined Paul Green died from medical issues related to an infection in his intestines.
There is no further information to release at this time.
The Indiana State Police were assisted by the Allen County Sheriff’s Department and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office released the following on Monday:
On August 16, 2024, at about 05:00 hours the Allen County Coroner’s Office was notified of a death investigation from the Allen County Jail, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The patient had been transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival.
An autopsy has been completed and notification has been made to the next of kin of Paul Lee Green, male, Black, 36 years of age, from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The Cause of Death is Peritonitis, and the Manner of Death is Natural.
The incident remains under investigation by the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, the Indiana State Police, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.
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