MASON CITY, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) reports that on Wednesday, Nov. 18th at 8:45 a.m., Cerro Gordo County Jail correctional officers observed an inmate in a solitary cell having a medical issue. Correctional officers entered the cell and began life-saving measures. Those efforts continued until Mason City Fire and Ambulance arrived to transport the inmate to a local hospital, where he later died.

The inmate’s name was being withheld, pending full notification of family.  An autopsy will be completed by the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny. The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office requested the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation’s assistance with this matter.