CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of the man who died while in custody at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center.
The inmate has been identified as 38-year-old Miguel Gonzalez-Rasalas. He had been in custody since April 9, 2023, for the gruesome murder of a woman on Easter Sunday in 2023.
Authorities said Gonzalez-Rasalas was found unresponsive on Aug. 6 inside the detention center. Medical staff tried to revive him, but he was pronounced dead at 12:44 p.m.
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