Security camera footage in the case file of a Tarrant County jail death investigation is not missing “critical video evidence,” a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said in a written statement Wednesday.
Sherifff’s Office spokesperson Robbie Hoy did not answer phone calls or respond to emails to clarify if he meant there is no footage missing at all or if no “critical” footage is missing.
A Star-Telegram investigation from April found that three minutes are missing from security camera footage the Sheriff’s Office sent to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards as part of its investigation into the death of Chasity Bonner in the Tarrant County jail last year. The lapse immediately precedes the medical emergency that led to Bonner’s death…