Died in jail or a lockup
Dakota Chance Brannan
Not found on the Texas Attorney General’s published list of deaths in custody.
Dakota Chance Brannan, 20, died on February 26, 2021, while held at the Terry County Jail in Terry County, Texas. The Terry County Sheriff's Office said he was found dead in his cell and gave no further details at the time. The Texas Rangers were investigating the death. One earlier report listed suicide as the cause, but no official source in the record confirmed that cause.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: news report; Terry County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him).