Deaths in Custody
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Tammie Castro

54 years old · died August 31, 2019 · Hillsborough County Jail, Falkenburg Road, Hillsborough County, Florida

Tammie Castro, 54, was held at the Falkenburg Road Jail in Tampa, Florida, and a sheriff's spokesman said she had major chronic health problems both before and during her time there. Early one morning, jail staff called paramedics to the infirmary, where she became unresponsive within a minute. She was taken to Brandon Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office believes she died of natural causes, but the Medical Examiner had not yet determined the cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says she died of natural causes, and the medical examiner has not yet determined the cause of death.

Reported by: Hillsborough 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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