As per the sheriff’s office, officials are looking into the tenth death at the Harris County Jail in a single year, which occurred on Sunday after a prisoner experienced a medical emergency.
The 49-year-old Oscar Villazana passed away after receiving treatment for a pre-existing medical issue, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office reported in a press release.
Villazana was taken to Memorial Hermann by ambulance on Thursday, July 13, and passed away there on Sunday at 10:14 p.m., based on to the sheriff’s office.
According to state law, which mandates that all inmate deaths be looked into by a third-party law enforcement organization, the Texas Rangers are investigating the incident. There was a report of Villazana’s death to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences is going to perform an autopsy to identify Villazana’s reason for death.