MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop G - 1226 W. Bus. 60/63, Willow Springs, MO 65793
News Release
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Jeff Kinder
(417) 469-3121, ext. 3735
G-04172
April 6, 2017
EMPHASIS:
Patrol Assists Howell County With Death Investigation
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is assisting the Howell County Sheriff’s Department with a death investigation where the decedent was an incarcerated person in the Howell County Jail.
At approximately 2:40 p.m., on April 5, 2017, Victor L. Angles, age 62, was found unresponsive in his cell by a jail trustee. Emergency personnel responded and were unable to revive Angles. He was pronounced dead at the jail by Howell County Coroner Tim Cherry. According to investigators, no cause of death was immediately apparent. Records indicate Angles was being held on a charge of burglary in the first degree, which stemmed from a February 2017 incident in Howell County.
Investigators with the Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control became involved following a request from the Howell County Sheriff. This investigation is being continued in conjunction with the Howell County Sheriff’s Department and the Howell County Coroner’s Office.
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