The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that an inmate died Tuesday at the Grundy County Detention Center.
Authorities said 62 year old Robert Dean Argo of Monteagle had been talking to corrections officers Tuesday evening at around 5:10. Argo reportedly asked for some milk and when officers returned a few minutes later, Argo was found unresponsive.
He was transported to Emerald Hodgson Hospital in Sewanee where he was pronounced dead.
The District Attorney’s Office has been notified and an autopsy has been requested.