Hillsborough, North Carolina
April 08, 2010
Agencies: Orange County Sheriff's Office North Carolina
Cause of death: Not Yet Known
Last updated: almost 4 years ago
Margaret Dale Kersey was in a holding cell early Saturday morning when jail staff found her unresponsive, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. Emergency workers were unable to revive her, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her body was sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill for an autopsy.
Authorities said that deputies arrested Kersey after she had been drinking and causing a disturbance at her sister's home on Bethel Hickory Church Road, near Chapel Hill.
She had been in the holding cell for approximately 24 minutes while the arresting officer obtained a magistrate's order, authorities said.
October 2010 Autopsy Report says probably alcohol poisoning