Nacogdoches Jail Prisoner Dies
Posted/updated on: December 7, 2011 at 2:25 am
NACOGDOCHES – A prisoner in the Nacogdoches County Jail has died after becoming ill. The initial report is that Edwinta Ruth Deckard, 53, of Nacogdoches, who had a lengthy history of health problems, died of natural causes.
She was booked into the jail Friday on misdemeanor theft charges. She became ill Sunday afternoon. Monday morning she was taken to Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital, where she later died. The investigation onto the death is continuing.
