Kenneth McZeal
Not found on the Texas Attorney General’s published list of deaths in custody.
Kenneth McZeal, 65, had been held at the Harris County Jail since June 2021. The Harris County Sheriff's Office said he was taken to a local hospital on Oct. 1, 2023, for a medical ailment, and that he died early on Oct. 8 from complications related to a terminal illness, with no obvious physical injuries. The Texas Rangers are investigating the death, and an autopsy by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences is expected to determine the cause.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Harris County Sheriff's Office says he died from complications related to a terminal illness, with no obvious physical injuries, while the Texas Rangers investigate and an autopsy is pending.
Reported by: Harris County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.