BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center inmate died Thursday after being treated at UNM Hospital.
Zeora Hercey, 54, showed “flu-like” symptoms and was placed under observation and care in medical housing at MDC for about two hours Monday, MDC said in a news release.
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UNM Hospital staff said Hercey needed to be taken to the hospital for further evaluation, MDC added. Hercey was then admitted and passed away on Thursday at approximately 6:07 p.m.
The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator will determine the official cause of death. The incident will also be investigated by the MDC Office of Professional Standards and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office.