The Georgia

Bureau of Investigation has cleared the Fayette County Jail of any wrongdoing

in the death of an inmate back in August.

Pruitt McKinley,

45, of Cartersville, died Aug. 9 at the jail of natural causes, said Garry

Moore, the assistant special agent in charge of the GBI's Greenville office.

The autopsy revealed that McKinley died of complications due to emphysema,

Moore said.

Meanwhile,

the GBI has completed its investigation of another inmate who died after

an altercation with jail personnel. James E. Eppinger died Aug. 27, and

the results of the GBI investigation have been forwarded to the district

attorney's office for review, Moore said.

The results

of Eppinger's autopsy couldn't be released since the case is still under

investigation, Moore added.

According to

original reports, Eppinger was being moved from the regular jail population

to another area when he became combative with jail personnel.

He was injured

during the confrontation and taken to Fayette Community Hospital, where

he later died.

In both cases,

Fayette County Sheriff Randall Johnson notified the GBI and asked for

the agency to perform the investigation.