Wasco County Sheriff Rick Eiesland says his department has ruled the death of an inmate earlier this week at the Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Facility in The Dalles was a suicide.  Eiesland said Friday they are awaiting a full report from the state medical examiner’s office before the exact cause of 52-year-old Michael Scott Linden’s death is determined.  Linden was found in his cell by another inmate, who notified jail personnel.  Eiesland says the investigation by his office is continuing, but has found NORCOR officials had done their regular cell checks, and an ambulance arrived at the jail promptly after the inmate had told jail officials of the situation.  Eiseland added Linden left a written log of that morning, which Eiseland indicated showed some depression and that the charges Linden was facing weighed heavily on him.  Linden had been arrested in Hood River County earlier in the month on a number of different charges, including rape and kidnapping.  The sheriff also said Linden’s death was unfortunate, and he “wished we could have done something to prevent this.”