The La Porte County Sheriff’s Department and the La Porte County Coroner’s Office are investigating the death of a jail inmate.
Police say 65-year-old Curtis R. Heaphy was found unresponsive inside his assigned cell early Sunday morning during a routine check. The jail staff began life saving efforts and transported Heaphy to Northwest Health – La Porte campus. He was pronounced dead by medical staff at the hospital at 3:25 a.m. CT.
Heaphy was in the La Porte County jail after being arrested by La Porte County Sheriff’s Department officers in rural Spring Township on June 16. After being medially cleared, Heaphy was booked in the La Porte County Jail on preliminary charges of intimidation and invasion of privacy, according to the report.
Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division were contacted, and a death investigation is underway.
