PANAMA CITY — Deputies are investigating the death of a transient inmate at the Bay County Jail.
David Cross, 52, was alone in a cell when he was found dead Saturday morning in a sleeping position, Warden Rick Anglin said. There is no indication of foul play.
“It appears he just died of natural causes,” Anglin said Tuesday.
Deputies with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division are looking into the cause of Cross’ death. The Medical Examiner’s Office has conducted an autopsy but has not released a potential cause of death. The case is pending results of a toxicology screen.
Anglin said surveillance video footage shows Cross entering the cell where he was alone Friday night after a meal and closing the door behind him. No one else went in or out of the cell until the following morning.
Cross had been booked into the jail seven times in the past two years, mostly for alcohol-related law violations, Anglin said.