Teenage inmate found dead in juvenile detention center

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) – A 16-year-old female inmate has been found dead inside her cell at an Elizabethtown juvenile detention center.

The News-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/1RjPtfs ) reports officials discovered the girl unresponsive in her cell Monday morning at Lincoln Village Youth Development and Regional Juvenile Detention Center. She was pronounced dead at the center.

Kentucky State Police Post 4 spokesman Jeff Gregory says officials are investigating the death and an autopsy was planned Monday. He says foul play is not suspected.

No additional details have been provided.

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