A 51-year-old inmate at the Tarrant County Jail died at a hospital Monday after he reported feeling sick.
The inmate reported to jail staff that he was not feeling well, so he was examined by medical personnel at the jail and an ambulance was called to take him to John Peter Smith Hospital, according to the release. He became unresponsive as the ambulance arrived and was resuscitated but died shortly before 3 p.m. while being treated by hospital staff.The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office is conducting an investigation to determine the man’s cause of death.
The man, whose name has not been released, was arrested by Fort Worth police on Sept. 10. He was facing multiple felony counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and two counts of aggravated assault of a child, according to the sheriff’s office.
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