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23-year-old Miami County inmate dies after being found unresponsive in his cell

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BUNKER HILL, Ind. -- A 23-year-old Miami County inmate died after he was found unresponsive in his cell over the weekend. 

According to the Miami Correctional Facility, Harrison Shepard was found unresponsive in his cell at 11:21 p.m. Saturday.

He was taken to Duke’s Memorial Hospital where he later died.

Investigators are awaiting autopsy results to determine Shephard’s cause of death.

Shephard was serving a six-year sentence out of Wabash County for burglary. His earliest possible release date was July 2018.