60-year-old suffered medical emergency in Lerdo jail cell, dies: coroner

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Lerdo Pre-trial facility inmate’s death from late August.

Coroner officials said Raymond Vasquez Balderas, 60, was found in his cell experiencing a medical emergency on Aug. 25 at about 4 p.m.

Balderas was taken to Kern Medical where he was pronounced dead at about 3 a.m. on Aug. 26…

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