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Lloyd Jones

Woman's death in custody a medical incident, police say

Police say a woman who died in custody appears to have suffered a medical event in her cell. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A post-mortem report on a mother-of-five who died in police custody has listed the cause of death as undetermined, but police maintain she suffered a medical incident.

Kumanjayi Dempsey, 44, died at the Tennant Creek Watch House in the Northern Territory on December 27 after being found unresponsive in her cell. 

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