Debora Ann Lyons
Debora Ann Lyons, 58, died while held at the Harris County Jail in Texas. According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, she was found hanging from a door in a fourth-floor common area of the 1200 Baker Street jail building, was taken to Ben Taub Hospital, and was pronounced dead the next afternoon. The sheriff's office describes the death as an apparent suicide, which is being investigated by the Texas Rangers and the sheriff's internal affairs division. The state attorney general's custodial death report lists her date of death as August 15, 2018, while the sheriff's account and news coverage place it on August 14.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Harris County Sheriff's Office says she died by apparent suicide after being found hanging from a door, and the Texas Rangers and the sheriff's internal affairs division are investigating.
Reported by: Harris County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.