San Diego County resident who died at Vista jail was Corey Michael Dean, 43

The Vista Detention Facility File photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego Government Tuesday publicly identified an inmate who died of unknown causes last weekend at Vista Detention Facility Deputies performing routine safety checks at the South Melrose Drive jail detected Corey Michael Dean unresponsive in his cell at about a m Sunday according to the San Diego County Sheriff s Office Jail staff and paramedics tried in vain to revive Dean before pronouncing him dead at the scene sheriff s Lt Juan Marquez explained Dean a resident of San Diego County had been in custody since June on suspicion of burglary and felony vandalism according to Marquez A ruling on the cause of Dean s death was on hold pending completion of postmortem examinations