NAPANOCH – An inmate at Eastern Correctional Facility in Napanoch was found dead in his cell early Saturday, State Police reported on Monday.
They said that preliminary investigation found that at about 1:40 a.m., a fire broke out in a cell and when staff extinguished the fire, they found Marcos Alcarez, 35, in the cell.
He was rushed to Ellenville Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The incident is being investigated by the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the State Department of Corrections and Communities Supervision office of Special Investigations, the Ulster County Medical Examiner’s Office and the State Office of Fire Prevention and Control.
The State Attorney General’s Office was also notified and responded to the scene.
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