Keith Dewayne Dean
Keith Dewayne Dean, 18, of Carthage, died on September 14, 2014, while held at the Panola County Detention Center in Texas. The sheriff's office said he was found slumped against a wall in a single cell with a telephone cord wrapped around his neck, as lunch was being served. The Texas Rangers investigated, and an autopsy was conducted in Dallas. The manner of death was listed as pending, and the cause has been described as suicide in one source, a claim the official investigation had not yet confirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A news report lists the death as a suicide, while the sheriff's office said he was found slumped against a wall with a telephone cord wrapped around his neck and has not determined the manner of death.
Reported by: news report; Panola County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him).