Overview

• Anderson had come to court to accept a plea in his wife's 2023 murder that would have imposed 35 years in prison.
• Officials say he ingested an unknown substance in a Harris County courtroom while awaiting the plea.
• A court bailiff administered naloxone before first responders arrived, according to investigators.
• He was transported to Ben Taub Hospital and was pronounced dead at 11:05 a.m., hospital officials said.
• Authorities say the substance remains unidentified, an autopsy is pending, and he had been out on a $300,000 bond.