A 21-year-old Maui man is dead after being found unconscious on the floor of a cell at Saguaro Correction Center in Arizona. ADVERTISING A 21-year-old Maui man is dead after being found unconscious on the floor of a cell at
A 21-year-old Maui man is dead after being found unconscious on the floor of a cell at Saguaro Correction Center in Arizona.
Jonathan Namauleg was found unconscious and face-down on the floor of a cell after his cellmate inmate Jason McCormick activated a distress button in the housing cell and advised correctional officers of the situation, according to the Hawaii Department of Public Safety.
Officers immediately notified an emergency response team and medical staff arrived within minutes to assess Namauleg and began CPR. An ambulance arrived at 3:30 p.m. and transported Namauleg to a nearby hospital. The hospital pronounced Namauleg dead at about 5 p.m. An autopsy is pending.
Eloy, Ariz., police are investigating the cause of death and are treating the cell in which the death occurred as a crime scene. Hawaii Department of Public Safety investigators are also being sent to Arizona to investigate the incident.
Namauleg was serving three years for third-degree arson in connection with a 2012 incident on Maui.
McCormick is serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder.
