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Swallowing egg whole proves fatal for prisoner
By Lisa Rosetta
lrosetta@sltrib.com

http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3181928

A Utah State Prison inmate "committed suicide" this week,
apparently by swallowing a hard-boiled egg whole. William
Scott McLatchy, 21, of Tooele, saved the peeled egg from
one of his meals and took it back to his cell, said Jack Ford,
spokesman for the Utah Department of Corrections. A nurse
at the Draper prison's Olympus Housing unit found McLatchy
lying on the floor unconscious. After medical personnel cleared
his throat and restored his breathing, McLatchy was taken
to Alta View Hospital then flown to University Hospital, where
he was on life support until he died. His body has been taken
to the state medical examiner for an autopsy. Ford said
McLatchy had earlier threatened to commit suicide by
jumping off the top floor of the diagnostic unit, after which
he was transferred to a monitored cell in the infirmary. He
was transferred for specialized treatment after the incident.
McLatchy - who was put on probation on guilty pleas to drug
and traffic charges - was admitted to the prison for a 60-day
"diagnostic" evaluation. 14 after he violated conditions of
his probation. Ford said the violations included driving under
the influence of alcohol, public intoxication and failing a urine
drug test.
McLatchy's death was the third suicide at the prison this year and is believed to
be the first in Utah history in which an egg was used as a weapon.
Prison officials will investigate the incident, Ford said.
"We thought we were doing everything we should be," he said. "We'll see if
something could be done differently to prevent this from happening."



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