Harlan McVea
Harlan McVea died on March 31, 2009, while held at the Bexar County Jail in Texas. According to a family lawsuit against Bexar County, reported by the San Antonio Current, he hanged himself in his cell while going through acute heroin withdrawal. The lawsuit's account of the cause is the family's claim, and the suit was dropped in summer 2012. The Texas Attorney General's custodial deaths report records his death at the jail on that date.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The family's lawsuit says Harlan McVea hanged himself in his cell during acute heroin withdrawal, and the suit was dropped in 2012.
Reported by: his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued Bexar County, but the suit was dropped in summer 2012.