An inmate at the Clark County Jail died by an apparent suicide Friday, according to the county.
Corrections officers found Rodger Williams, 47, of Portland unresponsive during a routine security check at about 6:45 p.m., a county news release states.
Jail staff began CPR but responding medical personnel pronounced Williams dead, according to the county.
Detectives from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office are investigating, and Williams’ relatives were notified, the county said.
Williams was being held in a cell by himself after Vancouver police officers booked him into the jail Jan. 9 on child sex abuse allegations.
He was facing charges in Clark County Superior Court of sexual exploitation of a minor, commercial sex abuse of a minor, third-degree rape of a child, third-degree child molestation, first-degree dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, first-degree possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, delivery of a controlled substance, attempted third-degree child molestation and two counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.
A judge had set his bail at $250,000, and he was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.
