Stacy Earl Matlock
Stacy Earl Matlock, 38, died in the Harris County Jail in Houston in October 2001. According to the autopsy report, he died of complications of cirrhosis of the liver, and he had also developed multisystem organ failure from a multi-resistant staph infection in his blood. Concerns about sanitation and staph infections in the crowded jail were raised by people held there, family members and the state jail commission.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The autopsy report says he died of complications of cirrhosis of the liver and multisystem organ failure from a staph infection, and inmates, family members and the state jail commission raised concerns about sanitation and staph infections in the crowded jail.
Reported by: autopsy report.