Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two people held at the Harris County Jail in Texas died in a case that the district attorney's office linked to synthetic cannabis-laced paper it said had been smuggled into the jail. The DA's office said the two deaths resulted from ingesting the substance, but the medical examiner's final reports were still pending and officials said causation had not been established.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The district attorney's office says the two people who died ingested synthetic cannabis-laced papers smuggled into the Harris County Jail, and the medical examiner's reports are still pending.
Reported by: the DA's office.