Kennie Moore
Kennie Moore, a man in his 70s from Rule, died on April 26, 2016, while held at Rolling Plains Regional Jail in Haskell County, Texas. Haskell County Sheriff Winston Stephens said Moore hanged himself in the jail's recreational yard and that Moore had been under suicide watch after he was first brought in, and the sheriff said he had been worried about Moore at that time. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards found the jail was not completing required face-to-face checks, and a report said a guard did not check on Moore for about an hour and seven minutes.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The sheriff says Kennie Moore hanged himself in the jail's recreational yard, and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards found the jail was not completing required face-to-face checks, with a guard reportedly not checking on him for about an hour and seven minutes.
Reported by: Haskell County Sheriff Winston Stephens (the agency that held him); Texas Commission on Jail Standards (outside investigators).