Man Dies in Anderson County Custody

ELKHART — The Texas Rangers and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the death of a man in custody of the sheriff’s department. KETK reports authorities in Elkhart got a suspicious call from a local store just before 3:00 Saturday morning. When officers arrived, they found Jeffery Mallachi Eastman, 50, who they say appeared to be intoxicated. An officer took Eastman to jail for public intoxication after he refused treatment from an ambulance, according to the sheriff’s department. A few hours later, Eastman was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead at around 7:00.

Authorities are waiting for the autopsy and toxicology results, stating that Eastman did have a history of drug abuse, but they cannot be certain that was the cause of his death.