Died in jail or a lockup
Debra Lee Newton
Not found on the Texas Attorney General’s published list of deaths in custody.
Debra Lee Newton, 56, died on May 3, 2008, while held at the Henderson County Jail in Henderson County, Texas. A news report lists medical neglect as the cause of death, a claim made in that report and not established by any other source here. Beyond this, the available account gives no details of her life or of how her death unfolded.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff. A news report lists the cause as medical neglect, but the accounts provided do not describe the failures of care in detail.
Reported by: news report.