Three years after a local investigative reporter requested an autopsy report for a man who died in Allegheny County Jail, an appeals court has order the county to hand it over.
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A Natrona Heights man who was an inmate in the Allegheny County Jail died of heart disease last month, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner said Friday.
Daniel Pastorek, 63, of Harrison, was found unresponsive in his cell on Thanksgiving at about 10:20 a.m., Warden Orlando Harper and the medical examiner said. Pastorek was soon pronounced dead by an emergency medical services physician.
Joe Napsha is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Joe at 724-836-5252, jnapsha@triblive.com or via Twitter .