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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...