Updated: 4:17 PM CDT July 7, 2021
BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. Lt. Shannon Jenkins with the Benton County Sheriff s Office says an inmate has died at the Benton County Detention Center.
According to Jenkins, at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday (July 7), 56-year-old Melvin Wishon was found unresponsive in his cell.
Jenkins says medical staff was called, and it was then determined that Wishon was deceased.
It s believed that Wishon died of natural causes.
He was arrested on Tuesday In Rogers at the Monte Ne Boat Ramp and faced a controlled substance charge. Wishon also had multiple warrants out for his arrest.
Jenkins says it s standard protocol to investigate an inmate s death, and more information will be released after the investigation.
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