Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Michael Lee Dick

33 years old · died July 19, 2008 · Potter County Detention Center, Potter County, Texas

Michael Lee Dick, 33, died on July 19, 2008, while held at the Potter County Detention Center in Potter County, Texas. A news report cited in the project's records attributes his death to medical neglect. The Texas Office of the Attorney General's custodial death report lists his death at the Potter County Jail on the same date but gives no cause or manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff. A news report lists the cause as medical neglect, but the accounts do not describe the specific failures of care.

Reported by: news report.

News reports (2)