Floyd County inmate died in jail of natural causes
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Posted 3:57PM on Wednesday, December 4, 2002
ROME - Sheriff's officials said Wednesday that the Floyd County inmate found dead in jail Tuesday suffered a heart attack. <br>
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Chief Deputy Tommy McGuire said autopsy results confirmed that 44-year-old Ronald Ray Woods died of natural causes. <br>
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McGuire said, ``He had been playing basketball in yard came into his cubicle, sat down on the bed and collapsed. It appeared he had open-heart surgery before based on scars and a history of heart disease.'' <br>
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Woods was arrested November 5 on charges of child molestation, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy and enticing a child for indecent purposes.