Chad Scott Dies in the Inverness Jail in Oregon’s Multnomah County
In Oregon news, an inmate in North Portland, Oregon’s, Inverness Jail died on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Details follow.
Chad William Scott was booked into Inverness Jail and Detention Center on August 15, 2025. He was discovered unresponsive at approximately 5:30 p.m. the next day. Deputies and corrections deputies tried to revive Mr. Scott. When paramedics arrived, they also applied lifesaving measures, but they eventually pronounced Chad William Scott deceased on August 16, 2025. He was only 51.
No other details were released that would indicate what may have happened that would have taken Mr. Scott’s life. The East County Major Crimes Team conducted an initial death investigation. The medical examiner and law enforcement officials are involved in the ongoing investigation into his death. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said the cause and manner of his death could take up to three months because of the time required for a toxicology analysis.
A spokesperson with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said that Mr. Scott was arrested for failing to appear in court in 2022 for misdemeanor charges of driving while suspended or revoked and giving false information to police. According to court records, Mr. Scott, since 1991, had been cited for repeat offenses that included driving while under the influence and theft.
- There have been two previously reported deaths in Multnomah County this year. In May, 39-year-old Sharon Lee Watkins was pronounced deceased after being found unresponsive in her cell.
- In January, Carlos Robert Morris, 46, died in the Multnomah County Detention Center.
The address of Multnomah County Inverness Jail and Detention Center is 11540 NE Inverness Dr, Portland, Oregon 97220. The jail’s bed capacity is 603.
Carlos Robert’s Death in the Multnomah County Jail was Allegedly Preventable
An August 19, 2025, news story covers disturbing details about the death of inmate Carlos Robert Morris, 46, who died in the Multnomah County Detention Center on January 8, 2025. Mr. Morris was booked into the jail six days earlier. He informed staff during the intake process that he had smoked fentanyl the previous day and had been experiencing withdrawal symptoms.
Records show that on January 7, medical staff examined Mr. Morris because he was considered at risk of withdrawal. Mr. Morris reported that he had body aches, diarrhea, vomiting, and nausea, all of which are symptoms of opioid withdrawal. Staff noted that he was barely responsive and that he appeared to be covered in feces and urine, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office records.
On January 8, the staff gave Mr. Morris the medication Suboxone, which is a generic brand of buprenorphine/naloxone, used to treat opioid use disorder and for opioid withdrawal. Mr. Morris was discovered unresponsive at 12:15 p.m. that day. Lifesaving measures were attempted by jail staff and paramedics. Tragically, he was pronounced deceased at 12:47 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s report.
Toxicology and autopsy results showed that Mr. Morris’s causes of death were dysrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat) and hypovolemic shock (loss of fluids and electrolytes that prevented his heart from functioning properly). Both of those conditions are caused by profuse diarrhea. A contributing condition of his death was chronic fentanyl use. Mr. Morris also had significant dehydration.
A physician stated that, though nothing is certain, it is more likely than not that, with treatment, this withdrawal death was preventable.
The inmate capacity of the Multnomah County Detention Center is approximately 882. The jail’s address is 1120 SW Third Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204.
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