CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of a 29-year-old inmate being held in the Charleston County jail on sex charges.
Investigators said Mathew Glidden was found dead in his bed in his cell around 6:45 a.m. Monday as officers were preparing inmates for breakfast.
The State Law Enforcement Division has been called in to investigate the death.
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Glidden was awaiting trial on a charge of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of lewd act on a child.
The coroner’s office plans an autopsy and has not released a cause of death.
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