Terry Lynn Borum
Terry Lynn Borum, 53, was a man whose family, including Justin Borum, Grady Borum and Chelsea Rushing, later brought a civil case on his behalf. He had struggled with depression, alcoholism and mental illness, and after a failed suicide attempt he needed a feeding tube and was blind in one eye. He died in early 2013 while held at the Swisher County Jail in Swisher County, Texas. Court documents attribute his death to blunt force trauma to the head from a fall. A federal jury found that the county failed to provide adequate medical care, nutrition and safe conditions, and the county was ordered to pay up to one million dollars in relief.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff (disputed). A news report lists medical neglect as the cause, a federal jury found the county failed to provide adequate medical care, nutrition and safe conditions, and court documents attribute the death to blunt force trauma to the head from a fall.
Reported by: news report; Texas Office of the Attorney General custodial death report; federal court; family's civil case (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: A federal jury found that Swisher County failed to provide adequate medical care, nutrition and safe conditions to Terry Lynn Borum, and the county was ordered to pay up to one million dollars in relief to his family.