By Gregg MacDonald Fairfax County
Times
Fairfax County police say that
the second Fairfax County Adult Detention Center inmate death of 2015 occurred
of natural causes and no charges will be filed.
In a report released on Sept. 8,
prosecutors decided that no crime was committed in the Feb. 3, 2015 death of
Fairfax County Adult Detention inmate Natasha McKenna, 37, who died in custody
after being Tasered several times by Sheriff’s deputies while under restraint.
Today, detectives from the
Fairfax County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division report they are in the
final stages of their investigation regarding the second in-custody death this
year of Paul Guida, which occurred on Oct. 17, while he also was an inmate at
the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.
Guida, who was in the custody of
the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office had been housed in the infirmary and was
found unresponsive around 11 p.m. An autopsy was conducted on Oct. 19.
The police department says it has
received the final report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner which
notes the manner of death as hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular
disease with diabetes mellitus contributing. “The manner of death was
determined to be natural,” they said in a release.
“Detectives are concluding their
final reports and documentation of their investigation for submission to the
Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Fairfax County for final review,” the
release states. “The Fairfax County Police Department will provide an update
when the case has been submitted, which is expected to be within the next
thirty days.”
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