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Elton Taylor

65 years old · died April 5, 2023 · Boone County Jail, Boone County, Indiana

Elton Taylor, 65, died at the Boone County Jail in Indiana on April 5, 2023. Deputies and medics were called to a cardiac arrest early that morning, and he was pronounced dead on the scene after he was found unresponsive during a breakfast meal pass. The Boone County Sheriff's Office said a preliminary investigation attributes the death to a medical condition, and the sheriff's office and the coroner are still investigating.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Boone County Sheriff's Office says a preliminary investigation attributes Elton Taylor's death to a medical condition after he was found unresponsive during a breakfast meal pass.

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

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