Bucks Co. Prison Inmate Who Died ID'd By Coroner

BUCKS COUNTY, PA —The fourth inmate to have died at the Bucks County Correctional Facility has been identified.

Bucks County Coroner Meredith Buck said an inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at the Doylestown prison early Monday morning.

He has been identified by the Bucks County Correctional Facility Staff as Edward Hatch, a 46-year-old man from Philadelphia, the Warminster Township-based coroner's office said.

Hatch had reportedly been incarcerated at the facility since Dec. 12, Buck said.

“The Coroner’s Office takes any in-custody death very seriously and does an independent investigation to determine the cause and manner of death,” Buck said.

An autopsy was performed on Tuesday. The results showed no overt evidence of external trauma and the cause and manner of his death remains under investigation by the Bucks County Coroner’s Office.

On behalf of her office, Buck extends the coroner's office's deepest condolences to the Hatch family for their loss.

Hatch is the fourth inmate to have died at the prison this year.

In November, an inmate in his 30s, died.

In March, a 48-year-old female inmate was taken to Doylestown Health where she died of a perforated peptic ulcer. The Philadelphia resident had been incarcerated in February on a retail theft charge.

In January, Octavius Davis, 35, of Croydon, was found in the Doylestown facility unresponsive. He died as a result of a drug overdose, the coroner reported.