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Rhonda Tucker Idlett

61 years old · died August 28, 2026 · Wise County Jail, Wise County, Texas

Rhonda Tucker Idlett, 61, of Bowie, died in August 2026 after being held at the Wise County Jail. The Wise County Sheriff's Office reported to the Texas Attorney General's Office that she was unresponsive in her cell on the afternoon of Aug. 27, 2026, and she died the following day at Medical City Decatur. The sheriff's office has not stated a cause or manner of death, and autopsy and toxicology results were still pending when the article was published. The sheriff's office and the Texas Rangers are investigating her death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Wise 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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