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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 7, 2021

Charles Levada Shelton, 31, a man being held at Hamilton County’s Silverdale Jail, has died of COVID-19 complications, the Chattanoogan reports. Shelton is the second Silverdale inmate to die from complications of the virus in recent weeks. Morghan Jean Elmore died from apparent COVID-19 complications late last month shortly after she’d given birth in a local hospital. The Silverdale facility is owned by Hamilton County and is run through a private third party. Because this is considered an in-custody death, the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office has requested the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division to conduct an investigation.