Charles Stephen Johnson
Charles Stephen Johnson died on February 8, 2025, while held at the Tarrant County Jail in Texas. The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office said he died after a suicide attempt, and an autopsy was pending when the Fort Worth Report published its account on March 17, 2025. People's World reported that he died from complications of a suicide attempt and that the Sheriff's Department did not report the death within the 30 days Texas law requires. The sheriff's department attributed the late report to a clerical error.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office said Johnson died after a suicide attempt, and its late reporting of the death was attributed by the office to a clerical error; the state attorney general's custodial death report lists the death without a cause.
Reported by: Tarrant County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report.