{"id":152564,"date":"2026-02-05T19:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/152564\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T19:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:43:14","slug":"man-who-died-in-a-tent-in-fort-worth-during-winter-storm-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/152564\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who died in a tent in Fort Worth during winter storm identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2026\/01\/28\/winter-weather-linked-to-death-of-man-found-inside-tent-in-fort-worth-police-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2026\/01\/28\/winter-weather-linked-to-death-of-man-found-inside-tent-in-fort-worth-police-say\/\">died in a tent<\/a> during the winter storm in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/fort-worth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/fort-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth<\/a> last week has been identified, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Kenneth Dwayne Riddle, 56, died around 12:49 p.m. in a homeless encampment, according to the medical examiner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Police responded to reports of an unresponsive person around 12:55 p.m. on Jan. 28 in the 6900 block of Northwest Loop 820.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">First responders pronounced the man dead at the scene, according to a previous statement. His death is believed to be cold weather-related.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Police said homicide detectives were notified, which is normal protocol when investigating deaths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">During the last week of January, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2026\/02\/03\/rain-possible-tuesday-in-north-texas-as-warmup-continues-see-where-showers-could-fall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2026\/02\/03\/rain-possible-tuesday-in-north-texas-as-warmup-continues-see-where-showers-could-fall\/\" target=\"_blank\">arctic blast<\/a> hit Texas, bringing ice and bone-chilling temperatures. At least 12 people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2026\/01\/29\/the-north-texas-residents-lost-to-the-winter-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/weather\/2026\/01\/29\/the-north-texas-residents-lost-to-the-winter-storm\/\" target=\"_blank\">died across the state<\/a> \u2014 seven of those in North Texas \u2014 ranging in age from 6 to 78.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man who died in a tent during the winter storm in Fort Worth last week has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[13669,116,118,117,1225,122,12398],"class_list":{"0":"post-152564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-accidental-death","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","11":"tag-fort-worth-news","12":"tag-public-safety","13":"tag-tarrant-county","14":"tag-winter-storm"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}