From The Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE — A Pell City woman was found dead in her cell at the Trussville City Jail on Sunday, Oct. 8.
The woman was a Leeds Police Department inmate being housed at the Trussville City Jail.
She was later identified by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office as Kristen Shae Gray, 27, of Pell City.
Gray was found unresponsive inside her cell at 11:15 p.m. by jail staff who were performing a routine cell check. She was pronounced dead at 11:28 p.m.
The Trussville Police Department is still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. At this time the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said there was no evidence of foul play or trauma, pending additional laboratory studies.