Anthony Mark Conover Death After Milam County Jail Incarceration

The Milam County Sheriff’s Office, in Cameron, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Anthony Mark Conover. Mr. Conover was 50 years old at the time of his death. We provide in this post information we obtained from that report, and we make no allegation of any wrongdoing against anyone.

The summary portion of the report reads in its entirety:

“On December 30, 2023 I Chief Jail Administrator John Torres was notified by Capt. Jeremy Knaus that inmate Anthony Conover W/M DOB: XX/XX/1973 was being transported to Baylor Scott and White. I was informed that the inmate was unresponsive but was responsive when American Medical Response arrived. Inmate Conover’s had an elevated heart rate and was transferred to the hospital.

On January 2,2024 Inmate Conover had a procedure to correct the elevated heart rate. He was moved from ICU to a regular room. On January 3, 2024 the inmate was moved back to ICU for respiratory failure and sepsis. On January 4, 2024 at approximate 1245 hours Deputy Kacie Strouth advised inmate placed on ventilator and at approximately 1423 hours per Deputy Strouth CPR was in progress. Then at approximate time 1517 hours he was declared deceased.”

The report also notes that Mr. Conover exhibited medical problems, but it does not mention if Mr. Conover was receiving any medical treatment prior to being found unresponsive.

The 14^th Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees that those incarcerated in our Texas county jails receive reasonable medical care. If jailers and/or others fail to provide medical care to those in custody, and a person dies as a result, then certain surviving family members may be able to file a lawsuit.

Written By: Dean Malone

Dean Malone

Dean Malone is the founder of Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., a jail neglect civil rights law firm. Mr. Malone earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, and from Baylor University School of Law with a general civil litigation concentration. Mr. Malone served in several staff positions for the Baylor Law Review, including executive editor. Mr. Malone is an experienced trial lawyer, trying a number of cases to jury verdict and also handling arbitrations through final hearing. He heads the jail neglect section of his law firm, in which lawyers litigate cases involving serious injury and death resulting from jail neglect and abuse. Lawyers frequently refer cases to Mr. Malone due to his focus on this very complicated civil rights practice area.