A man who had been arrested on charges of sexual assault of a child and child pornography appeared to commit suicide in the Harris County Jail processing center
Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerto die in the jail's custodyThe 41-year-old man was found unconscious about 2:30 p.m. in the restroom at the jail's Joint Processing Center after apparently hanging himself with a drawstring from his clothes, the sheriff's office said. He was taken to the jail clinic, and then to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 3:30 p.m.
The man had been arrested on charges of continuous sexual assault of a child and child pornography, the sheriff's office said.
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