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The Associated Press 12:56 PM Wednesday, February 8, 2012

SANDUSKY, Ohio — Jailers in northwest Ohio say an inmate who died in his cell had been checked on minutes before they found him unresponsive.

Authorities say the 47-year-old man began acting strangely after taking a fall at the Erie County jail about two weeks ago and had been taken to a hospital four times since.

It's the second inmate death this year at the jail in Sandusky.

A 50-year-old woman died at the jail a few hours after she was brought in Jan. 1.

The Sandusky Register reports that preliminary information suggests a combination of alcohol and pills caused of the woman's death. Authorities are waiting for autopsy results.

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February 08, 2012 05:52 PM EST

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