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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A former Harris County jailer is charged with manslaughter.
28-year-old Eric Niles Morales of Houston is charged in the death of Jaquaree Simmons, who was found unconscious in his cell on February 17, 2021.
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His death was determined to be from blunt force trauma to his head.
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11 detention officers were fired, and six others were suspended in the investigation.
Morales is the only one charged in the death.
