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Willie Lee McClain

75 years old · died June 19, 2021 · Bexar County Adult Detention Center, Bexar County, Texas

Willie McClain died on June 19, 2021, while held at the Bexar County Jail in Texas. According to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, he began having chest pains and shortness of breath on a Saturday evening and was taken to the jail's medical area, where he became unresponsive despite efforts by first responders to save him. The sheriff's office said investigators determined he died of natural causes and that it would conduct an internal investigation. The Texas Office of the Attorney General's custodial death report also records his death at the jail on that date.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office says investigators determined Willie Lee McClain died of natural causes after chest pains and shortness of breath.

Reported by: Bexar County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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