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Rekeitha Calhoun

35 years old · died March 10, 2009 · Shelby County Jail, Shelby County, Texas

Rekeitha Calhoun, 35, died on March 10, 2009, while held at the Shelby County Jail in Texas. Sheriff's investigators said she was found unconscious in her jail cell around midday, about thirty minutes after a jailer had brought her lunch. She was taken to Shelby Regional Medical Center, where she later died. Investigators said they were awaiting autopsy results to determine how she died.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Shelby County sheriff investigators (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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