Javonte Myers
Javonte Lakendrick Myers, a 28-year-old man, died in June 2020 while held at the Tarrant County Jail in Texas, according to the Texas Attorney General's custodial death report, which lists the date as June 19, 2020. Lone Star Left reported that he lived with a seizure disorder, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and that he was found dead in his cell two days after he was booked into the jail. The Fort Worth Report gave his cause of death as a seizure disorder. Officers who were supposed to check on him were later indicted for falsely recording that they had done so, and the investigation found that jail staff had falsified records of routine checks.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). News accounts say he died of a seizure disorder, and an investigation found jail staff falsified records of routine checks on him, with two officers charged over the falsification.
Reported by: news accounts of the death.