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23 years old · Tarrant County Jail, Tarrant County, Texas

A 23-year-old man died of a fentanyl overdose inside the Tarrant County jail in Texas, about six months after he was taken into the jail. The reporting gives fentanyl overdose as the cause of death. His mother spoke at a county forum about the loss and said that families find it hard to talk about losing someone this way.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose

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