Sheriff's Department records another in-custody death [Breaking]
A 40-year-old woman in the Sheriff’s Department’s custody died early Saturday at a hospital, officials said, adding to the deadliest spate of in-custody fatalities in decades.
Erica Wahlberg began showing signs of medical distress on June 28 — the day after she was arrested on a drug warrant — while being housed at the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility in Santee, officials said. She was sent to a local hospital for treatment where she died days later. “Every death is a tragedy and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is sympathetic to Miss Wahlberg’s family and loved ones,” a department statement read. “A Sheriff’s Family Liaison Officer has been assigned and the family has been notified of her passing.”
Homicide detectives are investigating Wahlberg’s death, as is typical for all in-custody deaths regardless of whether they are suspicious in nature. The Medical Examiner’s Office has been notified of the death, as has the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board , officials said.Deaths have plagued San Diego County’s jails for more than a decade, according to a