Inmate Found Beaten To Death In Cook County Jail

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- An inmate was found beaten to death in his cell at the Cook County Jail Saturday morning.

Around 2 a.m., correctional officers found 19-year-old Pedro Ruiz unresponsive in the cell he shared with another inmate.

They say he appeared to have a head injury.

Paramedics gave him CPR and took him to Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Ruiz was being held on attempted murder charges.