Robert Terry
Not found on the Texas Attorney General’s published list of deaths in custody.
Roger Terry, 32, died in the Harris County Jail in Texas in 2024. Witnesses told a lawsuit filed by Benjamin Crump's office on behalf of his family that he had a medical emergency, foaming at the mouth, vomiting and going in and out of consciousness for about 90 minutes before receiving help. The lawsuit says officers dragged him into a cell and beat him, and that he did not get treatment for head trauma or internal bleeding. The jail's account of the medical emergency and the lawsuit's allegations of the beating have not been resolved in the reporting.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed; neglect alleged). The jail described a medical emergency, but the family's lawsuit, filed by Ben Crump's office, says officers dragged Roger into a cell and beat him, and that staff did not treat his head trauma or internal bleeding.
Reported by: Harris County Jail (the agency that held him); Roger Terry's family, through a lawsuit filed by Ben Crump's office (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Roger Terry's family, represented by attorney Ben Crump, filed a lawsuit in August 2024 alleging that officers beat him and denied him treatment for head trauma and internal bleeding, and no settlement or award amount has been reported.