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Arthur Miles

65 years old · died September 12, 2025 · Harris County Inmate Processing Division, Harris County, Texas

Arthur Miles, 65, was held at the joint processing center of the Harris County Jail in Houston, where he was waiting to be booked on September 11, 2025. Staff noticed he was having a medical emergency, and jail medical staff began giving him aid before he was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph Medical Center. He was pronounced dead there early on September 12, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. The Texas Rangers and the sheriff's internal affairs division are investigating, and the medical examiner's autopsy will determine how he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Harris County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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