Patrick Womack
Patrick Womack died on August 22, 2023, while held at the Coffield Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison in Anderson County. An autopsy reported by the Texas Standard attributed his death to hyperthermia caused by a syndrome involving too much serotonin, with environmental heat noted as a possible contributing factor, and his core temperature was recorded at 106.9 degrees. The San Antonio Current reported that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice does not count his death as heat-related and attributes it to other underlying issues. Patrick was 50 years old.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The autopsy attributed the death to hyperthermia from a syndrome involving too much serotonin, noting environmental heat as a possible contributing factor, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice does not count it as a heat death.
Reported by: autopsy; Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him).