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Willacy County Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking into the death of a Willacy County Jail inmate.
According to a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page, emergency medical services were requested at the jail at 8:12 p.m. Saturday for an inmate vomiting.
Willacy County EMS transported the inmate to Harlingen Medical Center. While at the hospital, the inmate suffered a medical episode and was later declared dead.
The Texas Rangers were notified and are currently conducting a death investigation.
The inmate’s identity was withheld on the Facebook post pending the notification of next of kin.
