Jim Franklin Lagrone
Jim Franklin Lagrone, 64, of Deer Park, was held at the Harris County Jail after being brought in on July 26, 2022. His nephew, Delbert Bowen, said the family wants to know why and how he died and what will be done to fix it. Correctional officers found him vomiting around 4 a.m. on July 31, and hours later he was found unresponsive in his cell and taken to Ben Taub Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences medical examiners attributed his death to the combined toxic effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, along with a non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. His family says they have been kept in the dark about the circumstances of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences medical examiners attributed his death to the combined toxic effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, along with a non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Reported by: Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences medical examiners (medical examiner or coroner).