Bucks County Coroner Meredith Buck said today that Bucks County Correctional Facility prisoner Melissia Mager died of natural causes March 1, from a perforated duodenal ulcer.
Mager, 48, of Philadelphia, was arrested Feb. 24, and admitted to the jail early on Feb. 25. On the morning of March 1, staff at the Correctional Facility called 9-1-1 after observing Mager in distress. She was taken to Doylestown Hospital Emergency Room where she was pronounced dead at 11:41 a.m. the same day.
An autopsy was performed at the Bucks County Forensic Center on March 2.
“I would like to extend my deepest condolences to the Mager family on their loss,” said Buck. “The Coroner’s Office takes any in-custody death very seriously and does an independent investigation to determine the cause and manner of death. The autopsy showed no evidence of external trauma or foul play. Bowel perforation is a serious complication of peptic ulcer disease and, as in this case, can be fatal.”
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