Jimmy Dale Taylor
Jimmy Dale Taylor, 61, of Levelland, died while held at the Hockley County Jail in Hockley County, Texas. According to a local news report, detention officers found him unresponsive in his cell around 5 a.m. on a Monday, and they called emergency medical services and the Texas Rangers. Records give conflicting dates for his death: the news report points to Monday, February 27, 2017, another record lists March 3, and a Texas Attorney General custodial death report lists March 13. He had been in custody for about 30 days and visited an area clinic on March 2, 2017, after the jail requested medical treatment for him. The news report says an autopsy in Lubbock ruled the manner of death natural, and the Hockley County Sheriff's Office said it would cooperate with any inquiries.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The sheriff's office and the autopsy ruled his death natural, and the news report gives the cause as natural causes.
Reported by: Hockley County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); autopsy in Lubbock (medical examiner or coroner); news report.