Report: Immigrant who died in jail hanged herself
(Published September 13, 200

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A preliminary autopsy report says a Salvadoran immigrant died of asphyxia from hanging while in police custody.

The state medical examiner's report, obtained by the Lexington Herald-Leader, says 44-year-old Ana Romero hanged herself by the neck with a sheet in the Franklin County jail in Frankfort. She was awaiting deportation.

A final autopsy report is pending other information, including a toxicology report.

Jail personnel took Romero to a hospital late Aug. 21. The report says she was pronounced dead the next day.

State police arrested Romero on Jan. 14 after they said she gave immigration officials a false identification card.
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