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72-year-old inmate dies in Bexar County Adult Detention Center

Deputies and medical staff said they responded immediately to the incident and began performing life-saving measures.
Credit: BCSO

SAN ANTONIO — A 72-year-old inmate was found unresponsive after suffering from an apparent medical episode, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office said. He has been identified as David Alan Watts

The incident took place just before 2:30 a.m. Monday at the Adult Detention Center.

Deputies and medical staff said they responded immediately to the incident and began performing life-saving measures.

The San Antonio Fire Department was called to the center for further treatment, but the inmate was pronounced dead just after 3 a.m.

The inmate was initially booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on October 21 for Indecency With a Child- Contact.

BCSO Criminal Investigations Division (CID), Internal Affairs, and the Public Integrity Unit said they are conducting an investigation into this death.

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