The daughter of a Hood County jail inmate who died in custody is demanding answers after a jail nurse was indicted in his death, a rare development in Texas, according to jail watchdogs.
Inmate dies at the county jail.
What we know:
Michael Turner Jr. died in April while being held at the Hood County Jail.
The circumstances surrounding his death have not been publicly released, but recently obtained court records show a jail nurse has been charged in connection with the case.
A Daughter’s Plea for Answers
Local perspective:
For most of her life, Turner’s daughter, Sara Youngblood, barely knew her father. That began to change earlier this year, she said, when Turner moved in with her family in Granbury.
Hood County Jail nurse indicted in inmate’s death, family seeks answers
