Died in jail or a lockup
Decrick DeShawn Westbrook
Derrick Deshawn Westbrook, 27, died on February 24, 2007, while held at the Nolan County Jail in Nolan County, Texas. A news report listed an overdose as the cause of death. A Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report, published April 17, 2007, recorded the death under the spelling Decrick DeShawn Westbrook and did not state a cause. The two accounts have not been confirmed as describing the same person, and the circumstances of the death are disputed or unexplained.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The news report gives overdose as the cause of death, and the Texas Attorney General custodial death report lists no cause.
Reported by: news report; Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report.