2 Will County Jail Inmates Died Of Natural Causes: Sheriff

WILL COUNTY, IL — The recent deaths of a 64-year-old Will County Jail inmate from Bolingbrook and a 28-year-old Joliet inmate in custody for murder were both the results of natural causes, the Will County Sheriff's Office announced late Friday morning.

On April 23, murder defendant Aaron Bowers was found unresponsive on his bunk at the Will County Jail where he had been living since his arrest by Joliet police on Feb. 24, 2016.

Less than two weeks later, 64-year-old inmate Jacob Adejola Sr. also died. He had been at the Will County Jail since March 18 when he was ordered to serve a 180-day sentence for driving with a revoked or suspended license.

"He was held in the medical unit ... On May 3rd, based on abnormal lab results, the medical staff of the Correctional Care Solutions recommended he be transported to the hospital," the sheriff's office press release said. "On Saturday morning (May 4), Mr. Adejola passed away at the hospital."

On Friday, June 7, the sheriff's office said the coroner's office indicated "that Mr. Adejola died of natural causes resulting from cardiac arrhythmia."

In the case of Aaron Bowers, the first-degree murder defendant who had been involved with the Latin Kings street gang, the Joliet 28-year-old was rushed by Joliet Fire Department ambulance on the morning of April 23 to St. Joe's hospital where he was pronounced dead about 45 minutes later by doctors.

"The Will County Coroner's Office was contacted and the results of the report indicate that Mr. Bowers died of natural causes resulting from a dilated cardiomyopathy," the sheriff's agency announced Friday.