An inmate at the Sabine Parish Women’s Jail died Saturday morning, Feb. 7, according to Sabine Parish Sheriff Aaron Mitchell.

Sheriff Mitchell reported that 44-year-old Danielle Lamora Cundiff of Many was found unresponsive in her cell shortly after 8 a.m. Jail staff immediately initiated life-saving measures and notified emergency medical services.

Despite those efforts, Cundiff was pronounced deceased a short time later.

Warden Berlion Sweet stated that the Sabine Parish Coroner’s Office has ordered an autopsy to determine the official cause of death. Preliminary information indicates the death appears to be medically related.

Sheriff Mitchell and members of the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office expressed their condolences to Cundiff’s family and friends.