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Christopher Lee

45 years old · died October 25, 2019 · Jefferson County Correctional Facility, Jefferson County, Texas

Christopher Daniel Lee, 45, of Beaumont, died on October 25, 2019, while held at the Jefferson County Correctional Center in Texas. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, he was in the jail's infirmary for a pre-existing medical condition, and that morning he told another person held there that he was not feeling well. He was revived, then became unresponsive again on the way to a hospital, where he died. The sheriff's office listed the manner of death as pending, and an autopsy was ordered and the Texas Rangers were notified to investigate.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said Lee had a pre-existing medical condition and that the manner of death is pending an autopsy, with the Texas Rangers notified to investigate.

Reported by: Jefferson 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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