Custodial Death Reports - Harris County Jail
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
2007
4/8/07 - unknown
4/5/07 - unknown
4/5/07 - Camacho, Rogelio - h/m, 33
3/31/07 - Funka, Michael Anthony - w/m, 46
3/27/07 - Ramirez, Manuel Frank - h/m, 62
3/10/07 - Scott, Mary Madeline - w/f, 52
3/6/07 - Cepeda, Jose - h/m, 59
2/24/07 - Garcia, Armando Leover - h/m, 74
2/22/07 - Watts, Jeff Mark - w/m, 44
2/17/07 - Belgard, Charles Edward - w/m, 54
1/23/07 - Humphries, Kim Jeanette - w/f, 41
1/17/07 - Lloyd, Herman - w/m, 41
1/16/07 - Sperry, Renee - w/f, 45
1/5/07 - McCardell, Donald Ray - b/m, 48
2006
Of the 22 recorded deaths this year, 12 were black males, 9 were white males, and one was hispanic female. Eleven were arrested for drug-related offenses, and 2 were known to be mentally ill.
12/15/06 - Thomusela, Thomas Daniel - w/m, 74 - arrested for parole violation on 10/17/06, died after taking a nitroglycerine tablet. Possibly died of untreated heart condition.
12/13/06 - * Jones, Floyd Ray - b/m, 50 - arrested for drug offense and related charges. While being transferred to prison, Jones was found in jail hallway not breathing and without pulse. Cause of death unknown.
12/05/06 - Underwood, Alfred - w/m, 50 - arrested for theft on 9/18/06, died of meningitis.
12/05/06 - Barr, Arthur Lynn - w/m, 44 - arrested for assault on 10/30/06, died of liver failure/hepatitis.
12/05/06 - Ford, Jerry Lewis - b/m, 41 - arrested for sexual assault on 11/18/05, found hanged in his cell.
11/02/06 - Clark, Glen - b/m, 33 - arrested for assault/injury to a public servant on 10/12/06, experienced "spasms" at 4:00 a.m., stopped breathing at "unknown time"; given CPR 2 hrs later, transported to hospital and pronounced dead of unknown cause.
10/08/06 - Watts, Curtis Joe - b/m, 49 - arrested for intoxicated manslaughter on 8/9/06, hospitalized at 5:10 p.m., pronounced dead one hr. later; cause of death pending.
09/15/06 - * Lyles, James, aka James Harding - b/m, 39 - arrested 7/20/06, hospitalized 8/27/06, died of HIV complications.
08/13/06 - * Rich, Steven Dwayne - b/m, 41 - arrested 8/2/06, hospitalized 8/10/06 with gastrointestinal bleeding, found dead of septic shock.
08/08/06 - Baldwin, Bennie - w/m, 36 - arrested for child support violation on 8/2/06, found dead in cell; cause of death unknown.
07/28/06 - * Parker, Marshall Edward - b/m, 48 - arrested 5/27/06 with evidence of congestive heart failure and hypertension; hospitalized in handcuffs on 7/28/06 at 8:00 p.m. for irregular EKG readouts, pronounced dead an hour later.
07/17/06 - Baker, James Lee - w/m, 42 - arrested for family violence on 7/17/06, found hanged in holding cell 5 hrs after arrest.
07/06/06 - * Landa, James G. - w/m, 48 - arrested 5/27/06, hospitalized 7/4/06 with abdominal pain; cause of death unknown.
06/28/06 - Bonilla, Rossie - h/f, 29 - arrested for forgery on 6/20/06, found without pulse in her cell. No known pre-existing medical condition; cause of death unknown.
06/22/06 - * Rogers, Byron Daniel - w/m, 42 - arrested for DWI on 3/20/06; hospitalized 6/8/06, died of liver disease.
05/28/06 - * McKay, Darel Len - w/m, 51 - arrested 5/25/06; found lethargic and unresponsive, hospitalized 5/27/06; died from gastro-intestinal bleeding.
05/17/06 - * Howard, Robert Joseph - w/m, 54 - arrested 4/14/06; hospitalized at M.D. Anderson 4/16/06; died from renal cell carcinoma.
03/26/06 - ** Allen, Craig Anthony - b/m, 47 - arrested for terroristic threat on 3/22/06; found unresponsive in MHMRA cell.
03/15/06 - * Williams, Ronald Leon - b/m, 57 - arrested 3/1/06 with known kidney disease/dialysis; hospitalized 3/11/06; died of kidney disease.
02/25/06 - * Johnson, Thomas - b/m, 59 - arrested 1/19/06 with known AIDS; hospitalized with septic shock on 2/24/06; died of AIDS related septic shock.
02/02/06 - * Caldwell, Leamon - b/m, 59 - arrested 11/19/05 with known hepatitis C; hospitalized 1/29/06 with intracranial bleeding and seizures, died of same.
01/13/06 - ** Kelley, Daryl Dwayne - b/m, 29 - arrested for unauthorized use of motor vehicle on 12/30/05 with known bipolar and schizophrenic condition, but not treated during incarceration; after being "escorted" to a second cell, Kelley "began having difficulty breathing" and was taken to the jail clinic, where "his heart stopped beating." (See also, In-Custody Deaths and Injuries)
* Drug-related arrest
** Mentally ill