The Tarrant County sheriff’s office has announced the second in-custody death for 2025. A 56-year-old inmate died Tuesday while under medical care at John Peter Smith Hospital, according to a Thursday news release.

Kimberly Phillips, who was identified by the medical examiner’s office, was under medical observation while at the Tarrant County Jail, according to the release. She was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital on Feb. 15 and died three days later “under the direct care of the medical staff,” the release states.

A 56-year-old woman who was in the custody of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office died Tuesday at a county hospital.

A second person has died in the Tarrant County Jail this year after spending days in Fort Worth's John Peter Smith Hospital with an unspecified medical issue.

Inmate deaths in Tarrant County are investigated by Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office jail staff, the TCSO Criminal Investigations Division, an outside law enforcement agency, JPS medical staff, The Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Texas Attorney General’s Office.