SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- State prison inmate Ray Palacio has died of a suspected suicide.
Palacio, age 31, was transported overnight from the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The death is currently under investigation.
Palacio was serving a sentence for possession of a controlled substance from Roberts County.
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