SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Police in Saint John, N.B., have identified the male inmate found dead this week at the Saint John Regional Correctional Centre.
Adam Lee Steven Prest was charged last week with second-degree murder in the death of his common-law partner in Rothesay.
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Emergency responders were called to the jail Tuesday just after 1 p.m.
Police say Prest was found unresponsive in his cell and he was pronounced dead at the jail.
The police force issued a statement ruling out foul play, but the statement did not reveal the cause of death.
Prest was arrested last Wednesday after the body of 33-year-old Tanya Shand was found in an apartment on Dolan Road earlier in the day.
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