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Co-workers remembered King’s positive attitude and always encouraging people – even inmates – to be happier. Lt. King was always very jovial and happy,” Sgt. Carolyn Davison said. “Always had a smile on his face and always wanted everyone else to feel good about themselves.
King is the second Tarrant County jailer to die from the virus.
Cpl. Charles Holt passed away in September five days after he was diagnosed – at the age of 36.
And now, another 65 jail staffers and a similar number of inmates have the virus or are in quarantine, Waybourn said.
Detective Ramon Garcia, a board member of the Tarrant County Law Enforcement Association, said jailers are doing great work despite the constant risk.
Tarrant County Jail inmate dies of medical emergency related to COVID-19, officials say
This is the third COVID-19-related death in the past two months at the Tarrant County Jail. The Texas Rangers investigate in-custody deaths.
Credit: Stock photo Author: Eline de Bruijn Updated: 2:22 PM CST December 22, 2020
A 34-year-old inmate died after a medical emergency related to COVID-19 Saturday in Tarrant County.
The man was booked into the Tarrant County Jail on Sept. 9 in connection with assault family violence/strangulation, officials with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said.
He died at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. His name has not been released.
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Craig King, 50, had been fighting COVID-19 since early November, officials said.
Credit: Tarrant County Sheriff s Office Author: Eline de Bruijn Updated: 9:41 PM CST December 20, 2020
A lieutenant of the Tarrant County Sheriff s Office died of COVID-19 Saturday, officials said in a news release Sunday.
Craig King, 50, had been fighting COVID-19 since early November, said Lieutenant Jennifer Gabbert with the sheriff s office.
King started working for the office in 2003 and was promoted to lieutenant in 2019. He was assigned to the Confinement Division. He will be greatly missed, Gabbert said in the news released. Please keep family, friends and co-workers of Lieutenant King in your thoughts and prayers in the coming days.