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June 4, 2025

Death in Custody at Travis County Correctional Complex

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2025 Death in Custody at Travis County Correctional Complex At approximately 4:17 p.m. on June 3, 2025, shortly after he was served dinner, inmate Benjamin Emery McGuire, 54, of Austin was found unresponsive in his cell. Responding corrections staff conducted CPR immediately as EMS was called to the scene but life-saving efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. McGuire was pronounced deceased at 5:17 p.m. McGuire was booked into custody April 24, 2025, charged with...