Deaths in Custody
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Pebbles Girardi

34 years old · died October 3, 2025 · Harris County Detention Center, Harris County, Texas

Pebbles Girardi, 34, died on October 3, 2025, after suffering a sudden medical emergency in her cell at the Harris County Jail, where she had been held for about two days. The sheriff's office and jail said she was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital and pronounced dead there. The cause and manner of death remain pending, with the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences performing an autopsy, and the death has also been reported to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and is under investigation by the Houston Police Department and the sheriff's office internal affairs division.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Harris County Jail (the agency that held her); Harris County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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