An inmate in a Jefferson County jail was found dead in her cell Saturday morning, authorities said.
Rebecca Esterline-Brixey, 45, was found unresponsive by staff members at the W.C. "Dub" Brassell facility at about 8 a.m., according to a statement by the Jefferson County sheriff's office. Paramedics who arrived were unable to revive her, authorities said.
Brixey was arrested in late November on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication, the news release stated.
According to Maj. Lafayette Woods Jr., operations commander for the sheriff's office, the cause of Brixey's death was not immediately apparent and an investigation by the office's Criminal Investigation Division is underway. The inmate's body will be sent to the State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of her death
Metro on 12/10/2018