ST. JOHNSBURY â Officials say an inmate from Barre died in an apparent suicide Sunday.
The state Department of Corrections announced Monday Michael Dupont, 36, was found unresponsive in his cell at Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury.
Corrections Commissioner Jim Baker said at a news conference Monday Dupont was brought to the facility Thursday and was in quarantine. Baker said Dupont was found by staff Sunday with a sheet around his neck. He said staff tried to revive Dupont, but were unsuccessful.
Dupont was pronounced dead at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.
Baker said the official cause of death has not yet been determined by the state medical examiner, but the suspected cause is suicide.