Maytham Alsaedy
Maytham Alsaedy, 26, died while held at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, on November 30, 2017. The Harris County Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging by a bed sheet in his cell late that night and listed the death as a suicide. He was being held in the facility's mental health unit but was not on suicide watch, according to the reporting. His family said they had feared he would take his own life and asked why he was not watched more closely. The sheriff's office is investigating, and the death was reported to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The Harris County Sheriff's Office says he was found hanging by a bed sheet in his cell; his family says they feared he would kill himself and asks why he was not watched more closely, and he was in the mental health unit but not on suicide watch.
Reported by: Harris County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report; his family.