32-year-old inmate dies at Travis County Jail


TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Travis County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 32-year-old inmate at the Travis County Jail died, TCSO officials said in a Sunday release.

TCSO said Ayanna Lashawn Smith, 32, of Austin was discovered unresponsive in her jail cell around 9:20 a.m. Friday. TCSO staff began administering CPR before Austin-Travis County EMS arrived on scene. Officials said medics were unable to resuscitate Smith.

She had been arrested on Tuesday and charged with criminal trespass and a parole violation, per the release. Officials from TCSO’s Internal Affairs Unit, Criminal Investigations Division, the Texas Rangers and the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office are all investigating the death as part of TCSO’s in-custody death protocol.

The medical examiner’s office completed an autopsy on Saturday. Those results, along with a cause of death, are pending.

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