Etowah County inmate dies

GADSDEN, Ala. - Etowah County sheriff's officials said an inmate has died at a local hospital.

Sheriff Todd Entrekin said Sunday that 57-year-old Sheron Davis Thomas was taken to a local hospital and appears to have died of natural causes.

The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is investigating, and additional details weren't available.

Entrekin said Davis was being held in the Etowah County Detention Center on a parole violation for drug charges.

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