Cause of Death Determined for a Wood County Inmate

QUITMAN – An Investigation has determined the cause of death of a Wood County inmate. An autopsy shows Robert Sharp, 69, of Holly Lake Ranch died because of injuries he received in an attempted suicide. Last Thursday afternoon, while conducting routine 30-minute security checks of the separation cells in the Wood County Jail, detention officers found Sharp who was unresponsive. He had used material torn from his jail uniform and was found hanging in his shower. He was first taken to a Quitman hospital. He was then flown to a Tyler hospital where doctors later pronounced Sharp dead. An investigation into the death was conducted by the Texas Rangers and Wood County authorities conducted an internal investigation