{"id":380205,"date":"2026-07-20T23:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T23:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380205\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T23:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T23:08:09","slug":"cause-of-death-for-bexar-county-jail-inmate-revealed-as-sickle-cell-anemia-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380205\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause of death for Bexar County Jail inmate revealed as Sickle Cell Anemia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; The official cause of death for a Bexar County Jail inmate who died in May has finally been released.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Bexar County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office, the cause of death for 29-year-old Casandra Monette Pearson has been revealed as Sickle Cell Disease, with Profound Anemia and Hemodynamic Shock.<\/p>\n<p>Her manner of death has been ruled natural causes.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/inmate-dies-saturday-after-being-found-unresponsive-in-cell-at-bexar-county-jail-san-antonio-texas-investigation-assault-public-servant-hospital-ambulance-health-medical-episode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inmate dies Saturday after being found unresponsive in cell at Bexar County Jail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authorities say Casandra Monette Pearson, 29, was found unresponsive but breathing in her cell. Bexar County Jail staff indicated she appeared to be experiencing a medical crisis.<\/p>\n<p>On-site University Health medical personnel responded immediately, attempting life-saving measures.<\/p>\n<p>Pearson was rushed to a local hospital, where her condition continued to decline. She was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. on May 17.<\/p>\n<p>Pearson was arrested on March 20 and charged with assault on hospital staff and harassment of a public servant.<\/p>\n<p>The Castle Hills Police Department is handling the death investigation under the Sandra Bland Act. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has also been notified.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office Internal Affairs Unit has launched a separate administrative investigation, which will run concurrently with the external review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; The official cause of death for a Bexar County Jail inmate who died in May&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-380205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380205","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=380205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}