Kevin Marlon Myers Dies in Taylor County, Texas Jail

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, in Abilene, Texas, filed a report regarding the custodial death of Kevin Marlon Myers. Mr. Myers was only 37 years old at the time of his death. We provide information we obtained from that report, and we make no allegation of any wrongdoing against anyone.

The summary portion of the report reads:

“On Saturday April 29, 2023 inmate Myers was found in his single cell alone at approx. 1433 hrs. laying on the floor. When officers checked on him, he was unresponsive with no pulse. CPR and AED were administered by our staff. Fire and EMS arrived and continued the life saving efforts, but were not successful. EMS stopped all efforts at 1514 hrs. JP was notified and an autopsy was ordered. Time of death was pronounced at 1514 hours. Texas Ranger Josh Burson is conducting the investigation.”

The report provides no information regarding any preexisting medical conditions and/or any ongoing medical treatment for Mr. Myers.

Texas jails are required to protect detainees from themselves and others. This requirement arises from guarantees pursuant to the United States Constitution. The United States Constitution requires Texas jails to provide reasonable medical care and mental health care to inmates. If a jail, jailers, and/or medical personnel fail to do so, then they as well as their employer-county could be liable for claims related to the death of an inmate. In such a case, certain surviving family members may be able to bring a federal civil rights lawsuit. Our law firm is litigating a number of such cases across Texas.

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.