Inmate Found Beaten To Death In Cook County Jail
CHICAGO (CBS) -- An inmate was found beaten to death in his cell at the Cook County Jail Saturday morning.
Around 2 a.m., correctional officers found 19-year-old Pedro Ruiz unresponsive in the cell he shared with another inmate.
They say he appeared to have a head injury.
Paramedics gave him CPR and took him to Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Ruiz was being held on attempted murder charges.
