Suicide

Dallas County did not accept Andra Adkins until after Parkland Hospital staff deemed him medically fit for detainment. He died hours later.

No autopsy was performed after Andra Adkins's death while in custody at the Dallas County jail because he suffered from several medical conditions, according to a report.

Four people tied to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office committed suicide recently, calling attention to ongoing mental health struggles among law enforcement.

A 50-year-old man was pronounced dead at Parkland Health hospital Tuesday after DART police had taken him to Dallas County Jail.

The Steven A. Cohen Family Medical Clinic at Metrocare in Addison is part of a network that recently launched a public awareness campaign about the signs of suicide.

Joshua Keith Beasley Jr. was taken into custody when he was 11 years old. Five years later, he died by suicide in 2023 in an adult prison in Brazoria County.

Like other places around the nation, Denton County has seen an upward trend in suicides. In 2022, there were 123 suicides in Denton County. In 2021, it was 98.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide deaths increased in 2021 for the first time in two years.

A KERA analysis found that more than 400 men, women and children in three North Texas counties perished in gun-related incidents during the first six months of 2022.

A KERA analysis found that guns were involved in the majority of suicides in North Texas in the first half of 2022 — a tragic pattern found in communities across the nation.

There are sites where violent history intrudes unbidden. But Dallas has a history of bulldozing its history. So Brad Ford Smith is researching and drawing places where something awful once happened.

The weekly conversation podcast was started in response to skyrocketing mental health concerns among children, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.