EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — A nurse at a California jail was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the November 2019 death of an inmate who collapsed in her cell.
Danalee Pascua was acquitted in the death of 24-year-old Elisa Serna at the Las Colinas Detention Facility in the San Diego suburb of Santee, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Serna, who was five weeks pregnant, was booked into the jail five days before her death.
“Both sides in the criminal case agreed on one thing: the personnel and the jail system failed abysmally to provide life-saving care to a 24-year-old woman who died needlessly on a jail cell floor," the statement said.
Prosecutors said the doctor refused to go to Serna's cell to check on her after reports that the inmate had suffered a seizure.
Persons:
Danalee Pascua, Elisa Serna, Dr, Friederike Von Lintig, Prosecutors didn't, Serna, ”, Alicia Freeze, ” Freeze, ” Von Lintig, Prosecutors
Organizations:
CAJON, San Diego Union, Tribune, Prosecutors, Union - Tribune
Locations:
Calif, California, San Diego, Santee, El Cajon