The probe into the jail cell death of Sandra Bland will be treated
as thoroughly "as it would be in a murder investigation," a Texas
district attorney said Monday.
"There are many questions being raised about
this case," Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said during an
evening news conference. "It needs a thorough and exhaustive review."
Yet, Waller County Sheriff's Office Captain of
Patrol Brian Cantrell said at the same press conference that Bland's
July 12 death inside a Waller County Jail was already ruled a suicide.
"I want to make clear that the death of Ms.
Bland was a tragic incident — not one of criminal intent or a criminal
act," Cantrell said.
Cantrell claimed Bland, 28, strangled herself with a jail cell trash bag, but her family has disputed the very notion that she would kill herself. They have asked for an independent autopsy.
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