Authorities said that evidence from his cell indicates the possible presence of narcotics, but his cause of death is still pending.
A 25-year-old man jailed for capital murder died after he was found unconscious in his cell, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.On Wednesday, the sheriff's office shared that a detention officer was delivering food to David Gardner's cell at about 10:36 a.m. when he was found unconscious. Another detention officer performed CPR on Gardner as the Houston Fire Department made its way to the jail.
According to the sheriff's office, Gardner had been in jail since his arrest on May 27, 2020. Gardner was accused of locking a woman and her kids in a bathroom, then robbing the woman's husband before shooting and killing him, according to authorities.While authorities said that evidence recovered from his cell indicated the possible presence of narcotics, his cause of death is pending an autopsy by the Harris County Medical Examiner.
"The Sheriff's Office has recently increased efforts to prevent the introduction of illegal narcotics into the jail. Those efforts include increased screening of incoming mail, jail visitors, and employees," the sheriff's office wrote.With Gardner's death, Eyewitness News has counted 11 in-custody deaths behind the county's jail walls in 2023.
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