Overview
- The Harris County Sheriff's Office said Kerry Parks, 63, and Tony Davis, 66, died after apparent medical emergencies inside the jail on Wednesday.
- The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences is reviewing both cases to determine causes of death.
- The Texas Rangers opened the required outside investigations and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards was notified, while the sheriff’s office launched internal reviews.
- Parks, a state prisoner transferred to the county for a June court hearing, was awaiting return to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice when he was pronounced dead at St. Joseph Hospital.
- Officials said a separate inmate, Gregory Bennett, recently died of bacterial meningitis; no additional cases have been confirmed, roughly 100 contacts were traced, and a cellblock quarantine may be lifted if no new cases appear.