An autopsy was pending today on a 40-year-old inmate who died at the Byrd Detention Center under circumstances that officials said did not appear suspicious.
Johnnie Curtis Stevens of Norco was discovered unconscious in his cell, No. 89 of the FH Block, at the Murrieta jail just after 10 a.m. Friday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Sgt. Chris Wedel said correctional deputies immediately initiated resuscitative measures until paramedics arrived and took over, but Stevens was pronounced dead at the scene…