By Pashtana Usufzy
Las Vegas Sun
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — An inmate at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center whose October death was thought to be a homicide actually died of a medical condition, the Nevada Department of Corrections said Tuesday.
Frederick J. Sigmund, 72, was serving time for sexual assault in Clark County when he was found unresponsive Oct. 18 at the prison, the corrections department said in a news release.
Staff attempted to revive Sigmund, but he was pronounced dead in what was originally thought to be a homicide, the release said.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office coroner and the Washoe County Crime Lab responded to the prison, and an autopsy conducted by the Washoe County Coroner’s office indicated the death was due to a medical condition, the release said.
Sigmund entered Nevada Department of Corrections custody Nov. 6, 1981.