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 Injury to a Child/Elderly and Criminal Trespass.
An investigation by TCSO’s Internal Affairs Unit, Criminal Investigations Division, the Round Rock Police Department and the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office is underway, as is customary with any death in custody. The autopsy was conducted on June 4, 2024, and the final report is pending.
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Submitted By:
Kristen Dark, Sr. Public Information Officer | (512) 854-4986
Drew Knight, Public Information Specialist | (512) 854-8426