Deaths in Custody
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Harry Cooper

26 years old · died October 31, 2025 · Miller County Jail, Miller County, Arkansas

Harry Cooper, 26, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died on October 31, 2025, while held at the Miller County Detention Center. During a routine security check, staff found Cooper on the floor of the facility. In a press release, Sheriff Wayne Easley's office said Cooper could not be saved. The sheriff's office said the body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy and that the death remains under active investigation, so no cause or manner has been determined.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Miller County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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