“It wasn’t like he was simply taking sips of water. He was actually throwing it again.”
Convicted rapist Edward Leclair is useless after mysteriously collapsing following his responsible verdict in court docket final Thursday.

In keeping with a number of experiences, the 57-year-old began consuming from a plastic water bottle as the decision was learn in a Denton, Texas courtroom. Moments later, after he was taken to a holding cell as attorneys set a sentencing date, he was vomiting and collapsed — earlier than he was rushed to a hospital and died that very same day.

The liquid inside Leclair’s bottle has been described as each “murky” and “cloudy,” along with his personal lawyer, the Assistant District Lawyer and an investigator all recalling one thing was off with the style during which he drank it.

“I regarded over and observed him consuming,” Leclair’s lawyer Mike Howard instructed NBC Information. “His hand was shaking. On the time, I assumed it was shaking due to the decision. Then he stored consuming and consuming.”

Assistant District Lawyer Jamie Beck mentioned Leclair “chugged” from the bottle, which an investigator additionally discovered regarding. That investigator introduced the habits to the eye of the bailiff, who then went to verify on Leclair and located him in an alarming state.

“He was very a lot both dying or useless,” Beck instructed the Denton File-Chronicle. “As soon as the ambulance got here, they weren’t in a rush. He was grey.”

In keeping with the Denton County Sheriff’s Workplace, the “in-custody dying is being investigated by the Texas Rangers,” whereas the Tarrant County Medical Examiner will conduct an post-mortem to find out a reason for dying.

Per the Denton File-Chronicle, Leclair was arrested in 2018 for the 2016 rape of a 14-year-old woman he met on Craigslist. He confronted 5 counts of kid sexual abuse regarding the identical sufferer, per CNN, and was launched on $30,000 bond till his trial began earlier this month.

He was discovered responsible on all 5 counts earlier than his dying.