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Inmate Death Investigated As A Homicide

STERLING, Colo. (CBS4) - The death of a prison inmate is being investigated as a homicide.

James Roemer, 35, was found dead in his cell at the Sterling Correctional Facility Wednesday afternoon.

Roemer's cellmate reported finding the body but didn't give what investigators say was a "good answer" about the circumstances of the death.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is involved in the case.

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