Investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are looking into the death of an inmate at the Claiborne County Jail.

TBI says that the District Attorney General requested an investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of 48-year-old Jeremy Eastridge.

He was unresponsive in his cell yesterday (Thursday) and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Officials say Eastridge’s body has been sent for an autopsy and the investigation remains active and ongoing.

The death investigation comes as the deputies continue to search for an escaped Claiborne County inmate Larry Poore, who has been missing for more than a week after escaping on a work detail.