ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the apparent suicide of 31-year-old Monika Romanowska Watts of Gulf Shores.

According to a news release issued by the Baldwin County Sherriff’s office, at approximately 4:27 a.m. Thursday, Watts was arrested for misdemeanor harassment by Orange Beach police and transported to the Orange Beach Police Department.

Watts was placed in a holding cell at 4:55 a.m. While awaiting booking she was given a jail shirt, the news release said. Twenty-three minutes later a corrections officer went to get Watts to process her.

He found her with the shirt tied around the sink bar and her neck. She was in a seated position with her buttocks 4-6-inches off of the floor. Orange Beach corrections officers attempted to resuscitate her with no success.

The Orange Beach Police Department called the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office to investigate the in-custody death.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that this appears to be a suicide. The investigation has revealed no wrong doing on behalf of the Orange Beach Police Department.

Watts’ body was transported to Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for autopsy. Alcohol is believed to be a factor.