Mohammad Sahi
Mohammed Sahi died on April 26, 2020, while held at the Nueces County Jail in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported that he was 73, had been held at the jail since September 2019, and was hospitalized at an area hospital for health issues before he died. Sheriff J.C. Hooper said he died on April 26, and the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office said he died of natural causes, which the medical examiner's office attributed to many ailments. The Texas Rangers were assigned to investigate because he was in the sheriff's custody. The Texas Attorney General's custodial death report also lists his death at the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death natural, citing many ailments, and the Texas Attorney General's custodial death report lists no manner or cause.
Reported by: Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Nueces County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Texas Office of the Attorney General (outside investigators).