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Originally published Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 11:54 AM

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Man killed at mental hospital is identified

The Spokane County Medical Examiner has released the identity of a man killed at Eastern State Hospital.

The Associated Press

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SPOKANE, Wash. —

The Spokane County Medical Examiner has released the identity of a man killed at Eastern State Hospital.

The medical examiner says 56-year-old Duane E. Charley died of strangulation early Tuesday morning.

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office has arrested 30-year-old Amber I. Roberts in the attack. She is jailed for investigation of first-degree murder.

Details of the incident have not been released.

Charley was found dead on the floor in the hospital's forensics unit, where patients are evaluated after being committed by a judge during a criminal case.

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