Dontriel Jovan Coates
Dontriel Coates, 37, was held at the Chambers County Jail in Texas, and his family remembers him as a gentle giant and the father of a 5-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl. According to the Chambers County Sheriff's Office, he was found in distress during a routine check on July 14, 2021, taken to Bayside Community Hospital, and pronounced dead that evening after a medical emergency. His mother said he had no medical issues and his family disputes the account, demanding all video from that day. The Texas Attorney General's custodial death report also lists his death at the jail on that date.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed). The Chambers County Sheriff's Office says Coates had a medical emergency after he was found in distress, while his family disputes that he had any medical issues and is demanding all video from that day.
Reported by: Chambers County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.