EL CAJON, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A nurse at the Las Colinas Detention Facility was acquitted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in connection to the death of an inmate in 2019 that also led to similar charges against the doctor on duty at the time.
Danalee Pascua, 39, was found not guilty of causing the Nov. 11 death of 24-year-old Elisa Serna at the detention facility by an El Cajon jury after over two days of deliberations.
The jury did not reach a verdict on the charges against Friederike Von Lintig, the physician overseeing the medical observation unit on the day she died. With the hung jury, it is unclear whether prosecutors will seek a retrial in the criminal case against the doctor.
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Both were accused of negligence in Serna’s death, which happened five days after she was booked into jail. The county medical examiner determined she died from complications of chronic polysubstance abuse with a contributing factor of early intrauterine pregnancy.