BATON ROUGE — An inmate in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison was found dead in his cell in a suspected suicide, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies found Kip Leblanc’s body around 7 p.m. on Monday, about 45 minutes after a routine roll call, EBRSO said. He was found unresponsive with “ligature material” around his neck, according to the sheriff’s office, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Based on the preliminary scene investigation, no obvious signs of trauma were observed, and the preliminary indication is suicide,” EBRSO said…