The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office today (Tuesday), updated their investigation into the Jan. 28th death of an inmate. Sheriff Dan Altena reports 29-year old Dustin Lee Herbst, of Sioux City, died by suicide, according to autopsy results.

The Sheriff said the jail has numerous cameras throughout the facility, which are continually monitored by corrections staff. The corrections officers also perform physical checks within the entire jail, including the cells. The incident involving inmate Herbst occurred inside one of the cells, between the time periods when jail checks are performed by corrections officers. There are no cameras inside the cells.

Herbst was found by Detention Officers at around 6:30-p.m., January 28th. He was unresponsive and was rendered emergency aid. Rescue efforts were unsuccessful, and the inmate was pronounced dead by the Sioux County Medical Examiner.