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Jennifer Ann Leinberger

46 years old · died October 3, 2020 · Wise County Jail, Wise County, Texas

Jennifer Ann Leinberger, 46, of Springtown, was held at the Wise County Jail in Texas. According to a local news report, she was found unresponsive in her cell on October 2, 2020, and a jailer used an automated external defibrillator to try to revive her, without success, before medics were called. An autopsy by the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office attributed her death to the toxic effects of methamphetamine and ruled the manner accidental. A Texas Ranger is investigating the death, and the Texas Attorney General's custodial death report lists the date as October 3, 2020.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Dallas County Medical Examiner's autopsy attributed her death to the toxic effects of methamphetamine and ruled the manner accidental.

Reported by: Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Texas Ranger investigating the death (outside investigators).

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