On Thursday August 18, 2022 at 5:30 a.m., Detention Officers were making routine rounds when an inmate requested to speak with an Officer. Officers unlocked the two-person cell and found a second inmate to be un-responsive and not breathing.
Officers immediately began CPR and used a defibrillator in an attempt to revive the inmate. EMS quickly arrived and took over lifesaving efforts. EMS later pronounced the inmate deceased.
The SBI was called and is now handling the investigation along with the Medical Examiner to determine a cause of death.
The inmate was identified as Demarius Montreal Wheeler, 28 of Burlington.
Mr. Wheeler was booked into the Detention Center on August 10, 2022 by the Burlington Police Department on charges of 2nd Degree Trespassing and Resist, Delay and Obstruct an Officer.