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A Bonner County Jail inmate who died last month suffered from an enlarged heart, an autopsy ruled. Ward David Coble, 50, was found dead in his cell June 18. The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the death to be from dilated cardiomyopathy, the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office said today. That means his heart was weakened and enlarged and couldn’t pump blood properly Toxicology reports showed no drugs in Coble’s system, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Coble, who was from Spokane but lived in Blanchard, was in jail on a charge of eluding police, according to court records.
He unsuccessfully appealed that sentence to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals and was released in 2005. Read the court ruling here.
Reporter Meghann Cuniff writes about public safety news from the Inland Northwest and beyond.
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