The Mystery surrounds March County's Marion, while the investigation is continued

As a 40-year-old Salem man died in Marion County's prison, there is a mystery almost four months later.

External investigators said on Tuesday that they were still examining Adam J. Mansour's death on March 25th.

In the meantime, another inmate died in prison two months later.

These are the first deaths in prison, since Will Schultz, 33, from Hillsboro, died of an overdose of fentanyl in November 2022.

The Sheriff's Office of the Marion County, which runs the prison, shared only a few details in generic public statements at the time of both deaths.

Mansour was no longer reacted to his cell on March 25, shortly before 3:15 a.m. The Sheriff's office did not clarify in its explanation that found him.

“Despite the immediate efforts of the MP and the Medical Personnel to administer the HLW and demanding additional emergency staff, their life -saving measures were unsuccessful, and Mr. Mansour was died.

Marion County's office policy demands that an external agency examine the deaths in her care.

Sgt. Jeremy Landers, Sheriff's Office speaker, refused to answer written questions, how investigators suspect that Mansour has died or when to complete their investigation. He referred Salem Reporter to the Clackama County Clackama's Sheriff, which examines death.

According to Agency spokesman Brian McCall, the Sheriff's office of Clackamas County examined Mansour's death on Tuesday.

McCall did not respond to written questions about the cause of death or how long their investigation will take.

The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office rejected in May to publish Mansour's autopsy report on the basis of the pending criminal investigation.

Kelsey Evans, spokeswoman for the civil office, said at the time that the public publication of the report, while the police were still investigating Mansour's death, “could have a negative impact on her work”.

She also said that the medical examiner's office in Marion County had not yet completed his own report on death.

The district's chief searcher, Charles Funrue, declined on Tuesday to confirm whether the medical examiner was carried out. Instead, he referred Salem Reporter to the Citizens' Office, which did not respond to a written question about the status of the report.

In September 2024, Mansour owed himself guilty of making a break -in of the first degree and was sentenced to three years of probation.

He was arrested on March 20 for allegations that, according to court records, did not report to his probation officer.

Mansour died five days later.

Another inmate in Marion County's prison died two months after his death.

Jose Soto-Araujo, 54, from Beaverton, died after he was no longer responded in his cell on June 19 shortly after 3:37 p.m.

In a public explanation the next day, the description of the Sheriff office of Marion County Soto-Araujo was almost identical to that of Mansours.

According to Jolene Kelley, spokeswoman for the agency, Oregon State Police initiated an external examination of death on Tuesday.

Marion County and external investigators' office have not provided any details about what caused the two deaths. However, the death of other inmates in recent years has raised questions about the conditions in prison.

A study by Salem Reporter last year showed that Marion County's officials had hardly made any effort to stop illegal drug trafficking in prison, even after two occupants were fatally overdosed in 2021 and 2022.

In July 2021, Frederic Ferguson, 24, died from Salem from an obvious overdose on Oxycodon pills that were laced with Fentanyl, which he used in his cell. At that time, such fake pills were distributed in Ferguson's prison cover, the public prosecutor's office of Marion County announced in a later court report.

An examination of the Washington County's sheriff office for Ferguson's death only lasted six days.

Then came the death of Will Schultz, who overdosed fentanyl in November 2022. He died in his cell.

The Schultz examination, which was carried out by the Clackamas County's Sheriff office, continued for almost a year before the agency shared its results with the public prosecutor's office of Marion County.

An inmate that made Schultz available to the medication in November 2024 to the delivery of fentanyl and the supply of smuggling goods. He was convicted in prison at a year and a half.

Marion County's office has reported the death of eight inmates in his care since the beginning of 2021. Three of these died in prison – and not in a medical facility, for example, according to SGT. Jeremy Schwab, Sheriff's Office speaker.

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Contact Reporter Ardeshir Tabrizian: [email protected] or 503-929-3053.

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