Deaths in Custody
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Carl Lester Bible

36 years old · died January 5, 2018 · Montgomery County Central Jail, Montgomery County, Texas

Carl Bible, 36, died on January 5, 2018, while held at the Montgomery County Jail in Conroe, Texas. According to a Spectrum News report, he complained of difficulty breathing when jail medical staff saw him on December 23, 2017, and was taken to Conroe Regional Medical Center on Christmas Day, where he was admitted for influenza pneumonia. He was moved to intensive care about ten days later and died the following morning. The article says he had other medical issues and that the flu may have played a role, and the sheriff's office and the Texas Rangers were investigating when it was published. The Texas Attorney General's custodial death report lists his death at the jail without a stated cause.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A news report says he was admitted to Conroe Regional Medical Center with influenza pneumonia and died in intensive care, and that he had other medical issues.

Reported by: local news reporting on the Texas custodial death record (reporters).

News reports (2)