Officials investigate jail death
Posted/updated on: August 26, 2021 at 2:53 pm
RUSK — Officials are investigating a death in the Cherokee County Jail. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, 75-year-old Clara Edwards of Jacksonville was found unresponsive in her cell early Sunday morning. She was pronounced dead after EMS arrived. Edwards had been jailed since February on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. As is customary, the Texas Rangers are joining local authorities in the investigation, and an autopsy will be performed, according to the release.
