Deaths in Custody
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Amber Marcotte

34 years old · died October 29, 2020 · Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility, Sonoma County, California

Amber Marcotte, 34, of Santa Rosa, died on October 29, 2020, while held at the Main Detention Facility in the Sonoma County Jail. According to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, jail staff called an ambulance for her cellmate and then found Ms. Marcotte unresponsive in her cell shortly after 4:30 a.m.; she was pronounced dead at 5:20 a.m. The sheriff's office said there were no signs of a physical altercation, and the Napa County Sheriff-Coroner's Office is investigating the cause of death, which had not been determined when the reports were published.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Sonoma County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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