Upshur County Jail Inmate Dies
Posted/updated on: March 28, 2017 at 12:56 pm
GILMER – The death of an inmate in the Upshur County jail is being investigated by the Texas Rangers. Desmond Juwon Woods, 40, was booked into jail early Sunday for a parole violation. He reported around 8:00 Sunday night he was not feeling well. Sheriff Larry Webb says, while EMS was treating him, he coughed up a bag of what appeared to be illegal narcotics. He was taken to a Longview hospital where he later died. An autopsy has been ordered.
