Jailed woman had eating disorder

Court records show the 23-year-old woman who died at the state prison in St. Albans had sought treatment for an eating disorder. Ashley Ellis died Sunday, two days after she began a 30-day sentence stemming from a crash that resulted in a man being confined to a wheelchair. Rob Hofmann of the Human Services Agency told the Burlington Free Press that Ellis choked on food she was eating. A family friend said Ellis was on several medications for her eating disorder and for chest pains. An autopsy didn't identify a cause of death, pending the outcome of a toxicology report.