A 27-year-old inmate at the Coffee County Jail died Saturday after jailers found him in “medical distress.”
The inmate has been identified as Gunnar Roepke, 27, of Tullahoma, according to Coffee County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Frank Watkins.
Roepke was being held on a domestic violence charge after he was arrested Sept. 25, Watkins said. He said Roepke was unable to make bond and therefore remained incarcerated.
“Mr. Roepke’s cellmate called for assistance when he noticed that Mr. Roepke was in medical distress,” Watkins said in an email. “Mr. Roepke did have some medical conditions upon entry into the facility.”
The TBI was asked to assist in an investigation into the death.